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 <refnamediv>
  <refname>Memcache::increment</refname>
  <refpurpose>Increment item's value</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type class="union"><type>int</type><type>false</type></type><methodname>Memcache::increment</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>key</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>value</parameter><initializer>1</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>

  <para>
   <function>Memcache::increment</function> increments value of an item by
   the specified <parameter>value</parameter>. If item specified by
   <parameter>key</parameter> was not numeric and cannot be converted to a
   number, it will change its value to <parameter>value</parameter>.
   <function>Memcache::increment</function> <emphasis>does not</emphasis>
   create an item if it doesn't already exist.
   <note>
    <para>
     Do not use <function>Memcache::increment</function> with items that have been  
     stored compressed because subsequent calls to 
     <function>Memcache::get</function> will fail.
    </para>
   </note>
   Also you can use <function>memcache_increment</function> function.
  </para>

 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>key</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Key of the item to increment.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>value</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Increment the item by <parameter>value</parameter>.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns new items value on success &return.falseforfailure;.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

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

/* procedural API */
$memcache_obj = memcache_connect('memcache_host', 11211);
/* increment counter by 2 */
$current_value = memcache_increment($memcache_obj, 'counter', 2);

/* OO API */
$memcache_obj = new Memcache;
$memcache_obj->connect('memcache_host', 11211);
/* increment counter by 3 */
$current_value = $memcache_obj->increment('counter', 3);

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

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

</refentry>

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