How to do MEMCACHE in WAMP server WINDOWS XP

Question

Iam running WAMP server and just enabled php_memcache extension and have tried the code

<?php

$memcache = new Memcache;
$memcache->connect('localhost', 11211) or die ("Could not connect");

$version = $memcache->getVersion();
echo "Server's version: ".$version."<br/>\n";

$tmp_object = new stdClass;
$tmp_object->str_attr = 'test';
$tmp_object->int_attr = 123;

$memcache->set('key', $tmp_object, false, 10) or die ("Failed to save data at the server");
echo "Store data in the cache (data will expire in 10 seconds)<br/>\n";

$get_result = $memcache->get('key');
echo "Data from the cache:<br/>\n";

var_dump($get_result);

?>

and i got the following error

Notice: Memcache::connect() [memcache.connect]: Server localhost (tcp 11211) failed with: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond. (10060) in C:\wamp\www\memcache\test1.php on line 4

Warning: Memcache::connect() [memcache.connect]: Can't connect to localhost:11211, A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond. (10060) in C:\wamp\www\memcache\test1.php on line 4
Could not connect

Answer 1

Even if you're using WAMP you need to add this line to your php.ini file. (mine was in: C:\\wamp\\bin\\php\\php5.3.10\\php.ini)

extension=php_memcache.dll

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If you are running 64 bit WAMP:

The common service and extensions will not work for you.

Install the 64 bit memcached service:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/downloads.northscale.com/memcached-win64-1.4.4-14.zip

And one of these php extensions (to match your php version):

Php 5.3: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?o60feet9sw71six

Php 5.4: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?8d3vd26z3fg6bf1

Answer 2

The memcache extension, on the PHP side of things, provides function so PHP can connect to a memcached server.

But you have to :

• install such a server (or several or them, as memcached works as a cluster of servers)
• start it
• configure it : mainly, indicate
  • how much memory it can use,
  • on each port it listens to connections

Here, are you sure that you installed a memcached server on your local machine ?

Answer 3

Try changing your connecting codes as follows

$memcache = new Memcache;
$memcache->connect('127.0.0.1', 11211) or die ("Could not connect");

Answer 4

This is a brill guide I have just followed

Installing Memcached for PHP 5.3 on Windows 7