memcached_increment(3)

memcached_increment3

Incrementing and decrementing values

Usage

#include <libmemcached/memcached.h>

Compile and link with -lmemcached

memcached_return_t <#_CPPv418memcached_return_t> memcached_increment(memcached_st <#_CPPv412memcached_st> *ptr, const char *key, size_t key_length, uint32_t offset, uint64_t *value)
memcached_return_t <#_CPPv418memcached_return_t> memcached_decrement(memcached_st <#_CPPv412memcached_st> *ptr, const char *key, size_t key_length, uint32_t offset, uint64_t *value)
memcached_return_t <#_CPPv418memcached_return_t> memcached_increment_with_initial(memcached_st <#_CPPv412memcached_st> *ptr, const char *key, size_t key_length, uint64_t offset, uint64_t initial, time_t expiration, uint64_t *value)
memcached_return_t <#_CPPv418memcached_return_t> memcached_decrement_with_initial(memcached_st <#_CPPv412memcached_st> *ptr, const char *key, size_t key_length, uint64_t offset, uint64_t initial, time_t expiration, uint64_t *value)
memcached_return_t <#_CPPv418memcached_return_t> memcached_increment_by_key(memcached_st <#_CPPv412memcached_st> *ptr, const char *group_key, size_t group_key_length, const char *key, size_t key_length, uint32_t offset, uint64_t *value)
memcached_return_t <#_CPPv418memcached_return_t> memcached_decrement_by_key(memcached_st <#_CPPv412memcached_st> *ptr, const char *group_key, size_t group_key_length, const char *key, size_t key_length, uint32_t offset, uint64_t *value)
memcached_return_t <#_CPPv418memcached_return_t> memcached_increment_with_initial_by_key(memcached_st <#_CPPv412memcached_st> *ptr, const char *group_key, size_t group_key_length, const char *key, size_t key_length, uint64_t offset, uint64_t initial, time_t expiration, uint64_t *value)
memcached_return_t <#_CPPv418memcached_return_t> memcached_decrement_with_initial_by_key(memcached_st <#_CPPv412memcached_st> *ptr, const char *group_key, size_t group_key_length, const char *key, size_t key_length, uint64_t offset, uint64_t initial, time_t expiration, uint64_t *value)
Parameters
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ptr -- pointer to an initialized memcached_st <#_CPPv412memcached_st> struct

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group_key -- key namespace

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group_key_length -- length of the key namespace without any terminating zero

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key -- the key

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key_length -- length of the key without any terminating zero

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offset -- offset to increment/decrement

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initial -- initial value if key does not exist and expiration is not MEMCACHED_EXPIRATION_NOT_ADD

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expiration -- expiration as a unix timestamp or as relative expiration time in seconds

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value -- the resulting value after initialization/increment/decrement

Returns

memcached_return_t <#_CPPv418memcached_return_t> indicating success

Overview

memcached(1) <https://linux.die.net/man/1/memcached> servers have the ability to increment and decrement keys (overflow and underflow are not detected). This gives you the ability to use memcached to generate shared sequences of values.

memcached_increment() takes a key and key_length and increments the value by the offset passed to it. The value is then returned via the uint32_t value pointer you pass to it.

memcached_decrement() takes a key and key_length and decrements the value by the offset passed to it. The value is then returned via the uint32_t value pointer you pass to it.

memcached_increment_with_initial() takes a key and key_length and increments the value by the offset passed to it. If the object specified by key does not exist, one of two things may happen: If the expiration value is MEMCACHED_EXPIRATION_NOT_ADD <#c.MEMCACHED_EXPIRATION_NOT_ADD>, the operation will fail. For all other expiration values, the operation will succeed by seeding the value for that key with a initial value to expire with the provided expiration time. The flags will be set to zero. The value is then returned via the uint32_t value pointer you pass to it. memcached_increment_with_initial is only available when using the binary protocol.

memcached_decrement_with_initial() takes a key and key_length and decrements the value by the offset passed to it. If the object specified by key does not exist, one of two things may happen: If the expiration value is MEMCACHED_EXPIRATION_NOT_ADD <#c.MEMCACHED_EXPIRATION_NOT_ADD>, the operation will fail. For all other expiration values, the operation will succeed by seeding the value for that key with a initial value to expire with the provided expiration time. The flags will be set to zero. The value is then returned via the uint32_t value pointer you pass to it. memcached_decrement_with_initial() is only available when using the binary protocol.

memcached_increment_by_key(), memcached_decrement_by_key(), memcached_increment_with_initial_by_key(), and memcached_decrement_with_initial_by_key() are master key equivalents of the above.

Return value

A value of type memcached_return_t <#_CPPv418memcached_return_t> is returned. On success that value will be MEMCACHED_SUCCESS <#_CPPv4N18memcached_return_t17MEMCACHED_SUCCESSE>. Use memcached_strerror() <#_CPPv418memcached_strerrorP12memcached_st18memcached_return_t> to translate this value to a printable string.

Releases

9 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 6.0
  2. 7
  3. 8–11
  4. 12
  5. 13
  6. Arch

From libmemcached-awesome 1.1.4-4 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.