PHP - Memcache::delete() Function

Memcache::delete() function can delete an item from the server.

Syntax

bool Memcache::delete( string $key [, int $timeout = 0 ] )

Memcache::delete() function can delete an item with a key. If the parameter timeout is specified, an item can expire after timeout seconds. Also, we can use the memcache_delete() function.

Memcache::delete() function can return true on success or false on failure.

Example

<?php
   /* procedural API */
   $memcache_obj = memcache_connect("memcache_host", 11211);

   /* item will be deleted by the server */
   memcache_delete($memcache_obj, "key_to_delete");

   /* OO API */
   $memcache_obj = new Memcache;
   $memcache_obj->connect("memcache_host", 11211);
   $memcache_obj->delete("key_to_delete");
?>