Memcache::connect Open memcached server connection boolMemcache::connect stringhost intport inttimeout Memcache::connect establishes a connection to the memcached server. Parameters host and port point to the host and port, where memcached is listening for connections. Parameter port is optional, it's default value is 11211. Also you can define a timeout, which will be used when connecting to the daemon. Think twice before changing the default value - you can loose all the advantages of caching if your connection is too slow. The connection, which was opened using Memcache::connect will be automatically closed at the end of script execution. Also you can close it with Memcache::close. Also you can use memcache_connect function. See example below. connect('memcache_host', 11211); ?> ]]> &return.success; See also Memcache::pconnect and Memcache::close.