Exception caught in dmemcache_get_multi: MemcachePool::get(): Failed to uncompress data

Please note:

duerra at nospam dot yahoo dot com (18-Nov-2010 12:06)

If you're interested in using compression, please note that, at least for PHP version 5.3.2 and Memcache version 3.0.4, when retrieving a key who's value is a numeric or boolean type, PHP throws a notice of the following:

Message: MemcachePool::get(): Failed to uncompress data

The way around this is to test your variable type before setting or adding it to Memcache, or even cast it as a string.

$key = 'mc_key';
$value = 12345;
$compress = is_bool($value) || is_int($value) || is_float($value) ? false : MEMCACHE_COMPRESSED;

$mc= new Memcache;
$mc->connect('localhost', 11211);
$mc->add($key, $value, $compress);

echo $mc->get($key);

//Alternative is to cast the variable
$value = is_scalar($value) ? (string)$value : $value;
$mc->add($key, $value, MEMCACHE_COMPRESSED);

Source: http://www.wapm.cn/phpdoc/en/memcache.add.html