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Synopsis
- #include <libmemcached/memcached.h>
- Compile and link with -lmemcached 
memcached_return_t memcached_exist(memcached_st *ptr, char *key, size_t *key_length)
- memcached_return_t memcached_exist_by_key(memcached_st *ptr, char *group_key, size_t *group_key_length, char *key, size_t *key_length)
- Parameters
- ptr -- pointer to an initialized memcached_st struct
- group_key -- the key namespace
- group_key_length -- length of the group_key without any terminating zero
- key -- the key to check
- key_length -- length of the key without any terminating zero
 
- Returns
- memcached_return_t indicating success 
 
Added in version 0.53.
Description
memcached_exist() can be used to check if a key exists.
Return Value
- MEMCACHED_SUCCESS
- The key exists. 
- MEMCACHED_NOTFOUND
- The key was not found. 
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