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<refentry id="function.Memcache-delete">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>Memcache::delete</refname>
  <refpurpose>Delete item from the server</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1>
  <title>Description</title>
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>bool</type><methodname>Memcache::delete</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>key</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>timeout</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   <function>Memcache::delete</function> deletes item with the 
   <parameter>key</parameter>. If parameter <parameter>timeout</parameter>
   is specified, the item will expire after
   <parameter>timeout</parameter> seconds.
  </para>
  <para>
   Also you can use <function>memcache_delete</function> function.
   See example below.
  </para>
  <example>
   <title><function>Memcache::delete</function> example</title>
   <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

/* procedural API */
$memcache_obj = memcache_connect('memcache_host', 11211);

/* after 10 seconds item will be deleted by the server */
memcache_delete('key_to_delete', 10);

/* OO API */
$memcache_obj = new Memcache;
$memcache_obj->connect('memcache_host', 11211);

$memcache_obj->delete('key_to_delete', 10);

?>
]]>
   </programlisting>
  </example>
  <para>
   &return.success;
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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