Storing custom information in the client

SYNOPSIS

#include <libmemcached/memcached.h>

Compile and link with -lmemcached

void *memcached_get_user_data(memcached_st *ptr)
Parameters:

ptr -- pointer to initialized memcached_st struct

Returns:

opaque pointer to the user supplied data

void *memcached_set_user_data(memcached_st *ptr, void *data)
Parameters:

  • ptr -- pointer to initialized memcached_st struct

  • data -- opaque pointer to user supplied data

Returns:

opaque pointer to the previously set data

DESCRIPTION

libmemcached allows you to store a pointer to a user specific data inside the memcached_st structure.

memcached_set_user_data() is used to set the user specific data in the memcached_st structure.

memcached_get_user_data() is used to retrieve the user specific data in the memcached_st structure.

RETURN VALUE

memcached_set_user_data() returns the previous value of the user specific data.

memcached_get_user_data() returns the current value of the user specific data.

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