---
name: "libmemcached_examples"
section: "3"
platform: "linux"
package: "libmemcached-awesome"
version: "1.1.4-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/libmemcached_examples"
---

# libmemcached\_examples(3)

libmemcached Documentation Examples for libmemcached

## NAME

libmemcached\_examples - libmemcached Documentation

Examples for libmemcached

## DESCRIPTION

For full examples, test cases are found in tests/\*.c in the main distribution. These are always up to date, and are used for each test run of the library.

## CONNECTING TO SERVERS

```
const char *config_string =
  "--SERVER=host10.example.com "
  "--SERVER=host11.example.com "
  "--SERVER=host10.example.com";
memcached_st *memc= memcached(config_string, strlen(config_string);
{
  // ...
}
 memcached_free(memc);
```

In the above code you create a **memcached\_st** \<#\_CPPv412memcached\_st\> object with three server by making use of **memcached\_create()** \<#\_CPPv416memcached\_createP12memcached\_st\>.

## CREATING A POOL OF SERVERS

```
const char *config_string =
  "--SERVER=host10.example.com "
  "--SERVER=host11.example.com "
  "--SERVER=host10.example.com";
memcached_pool_st* pool= memcached_pool(config_string, strlen(config_string));
memcached_return_t rc;
memcached_st *memc= memcached_pool_pop(pool, false, &rc);
// .... do work
/*
  Release the memc_ptr that was pulled from the pool
*/
memcached_pool_push(pool, memc);
/*
  Destroy the pool.
*/
memcached_pool_destroy(pool);
```

In the above code you create a **memcached\_pool\_st** \<#\_CPPv417memcached\_pool\_st\> object with three server by making use of **memcached\_pool()** \<#\_CPPv414memcached\_poolPKc6size\_t\>.

When **memcached\_pool\_destroy()** \<#\_CPPv422memcached\_pool\_destroyP17memcached\_pool\_st\> all memory will be released that is associated with the pool.

## ADDING A VALUE TO THE SERVER

```
char *key= "foo";
char *value= "value";
time_t expires = 0;
uint32_t flags = 0;
memcached_return_t rc = memcached_set(memc,
                                     key, strlen(key),
                                     value, value_length,
                                     expires, flags);
if (rc != MEMCACHED_SUCCESS)
{
    // handle failure
}
```

It is best practice to always look at the return value of any operation.

## FETCHING MULTIPLE VALUES

```
memcached_return_t rc;
char *keys[]= {"fudge", "son", "food"};
size_t key_length[]= {5, 3, 4};
unsigned int x;
uint32_t flags;
char return_key[MEMCACHED_MAX_KEY];
size_t return_key_length;
char *return_value;
size_t return_value_length;
rc= memcached_mget(memc, keys, key_length, 3);
x= 0;
while ((return_value= memcached_fetch(memc, return_key, &return_key_length,
                                 &return_value_length, &flags, &rc)))
{
    free(return_value);
    x++;
}
```

Notice that you freed values returned from memcached\_fetch(). The define **MEMCACHED\_MAX\_KEY** is provided for usage.

## SEE ALSO

**[memcached(1)](/memcached/1.md) \<https://linux.die.net/man/1/memcached\>**