Memcache::decrement

(PECL memcache >= 0.2.0)

Decrement item's value

int Memcache::decrement ( string $key [, int $value = 1 ] )

Memcache::decrement() decrements value of the item by value. Similarly to Memcache::increment(), current value of the item is being converted to numerical and after that value is subtracted.

Note:

New item's value will not be less than zero.

Note:

Do not use Memcache::decrement() with item, which was stored compressed, because consequent call to Memcache::get() will fail.

Memcache::decrement() does not memcache_decrement()

Parameters:

key

Key of the item do decrement.

value

Decrement the item by value.

Returns:

Returns item's new value on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples:

Memcache::decrement() example

<?php
 
/* procedural API */
$memcache_obj = memcache_connect('memcache_host', 11211);
/* decrement item by 2 */
$new_value = memcache_decrement($memcache_obj, 'test_item', 2);
 
/* OO API */
$memcache_obj = new Memcache;
$memcache_obj->connect('memcache_host', 11211);
/* decrement item by 3 */
$new_value = $memcache_obj->decrement('test_item', 3);
?>