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<refentry xml:id="function.memcache-setserverparams" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>Memcache::setServerParams</refname>
  <refpurpose>Changes server parameters and status at runtime</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>bool</type><methodname>Memcache::setServerParams</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>host</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>port</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>timeout</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>retry_interval</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>status</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>callback</type><parameter>failure_callback</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  
  <para>
   <function>Memcache::setServerParams</function> changes server parameters at runtime.
   You can also use the <function>memcache_set_server_params</function> function.
  </para>
  
  <note>
   <para>
    This function has been added to Memcache version 2.1.0.
   </para>
  </note>

 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>host</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Point to the host where memcached is listening for connections.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>port</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Point to the port where memcached is listening for connections.
       This parameter is optional and its default value is 11211.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>timeout</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Value in seconds which will be used for connecting to the daemon. Think
       twice before changing the default value of 1 second - you can lose all
       the advantages of caching if your connection is too slow.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>retry_interval</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Controls how often a failed server will be retried, the default value
       is 15 seconds. Setting this parameter to -1 disables automatic retry. 
       Neither this nor the <parameter>persistent</parameter> parameter has any 
       effect when the extension is loaded dynamically via <function>dl</function>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>status</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Controls if the server should be flagged as online. Setting this parameter
       to &false; and <parameter>retry_interval</parameter> to -1 allows a failed 
       server to be kept in the pool so as not to affect the key distribution 
       algoritm. Requests for this server will then failover or fail immediately 
       depending on the <parameter>memcache.allow_failover</parameter> setting.
       Default to &true;, meaning the server should be considered online.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>failure_callback</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Allows the user to specify a callback function to run upon encountering an 
       error. The callback is run before failover is attempted. The function takes 
       two parameters, the hostname and port of the failed server.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   &return.success;
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>Memcache::setServerParams</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

function _callback_memcache_failure($host, $port) {
    print "memcache '$host:$port' failed";
}

/* OO API */

$memcache = new Memcache;

// Add the server in offline mode
$memcache->addServer('memcache_host', 11211, false, 1, 1, -1, false);

// Bring the server back online
$memcache->setServerParams('memcache_host', 11211, 1, 15, true, '_callback_memcache_failure');

/* procedural API */

$memcache_obj = memcache_connect('memcache_host', 11211);
memcache_set_server_params($memcache_obj, 'memcache_host', 11211, 1, 15, true, '_callback_memcache_failure');

?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>Memcache::addServer</function></member>
    <member><function>Memcache::getServerStatus</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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