Issue with php memcache fetching the value with 'true'

Question

When I store the value of the memcache key "show-errors" with value true using the following method call it returns success (ie. true) saying it has set.

$memcacheObj->set("show-errors", true);

But when I get the key using the following method call I get 1 instead of true

$memcacheObj->get($key);

Can anyone help me with this. I need to get the value exactly as stored in the memcache.

I have cross verified that my memcached server is running on my local system using the following method it returns true.

$this->cacheObj->connect('127.0.0.1', '11211');

Answer 1

Unlike what you've been told in the comments, the unserialized value of a serialized boolean TRUE is still true. It seems the problem is not your memcache but your check.

Try checking weather your variable is === true rather than printing it out and you'll see.

Here's some example code to show you how this works:

<?php
$peter = true;
$serPeter = serialize($peter);

$unserPeter = unserialize($serPeter);
if($unserPeter === TRUE) {
  echo 'TRUE';
}
elseif($unserPeter === 1) {
  echo '1';
}
else {
  echo '$unserPeter is : ('.$unserPeter.')';
}