Memcache::close Close memcached server connection boolMemcache::close Memcache::close closes connection to memcached server. This function doesn't close persistent connections, which are closed only during web-server shutdown/restart. Also you can use memcache_close function. See example below. connect('memcache_host', 11211); /* do something here .. */ $memcache_obj->close(); ?> ]]> Memcache::close returns &false; if an error occured. See also Memcache::connect, Memcache::pconnect.