CODE EXAMPLE FOR PHP

php

<?php

	define('MEMQ_POOL', 'localhost:11211');
	define('MEMQ_TTL', 0);

	class MEMQ {

		private static $mem = NULL;

		private function __construct() {}

		private function __clone() {}

		private static function getInstance() {
			if(!self::$mem) self::init();
			return self::$mem;
		}

		private static function init() {
			$mem = new Memcached;
			$servers = explode(",", MEMQ_POOL);
			foreach($servers as $server) {
				list($host, $port) = explode(":", $server);
				$mem->addServer($host, $port);
			}
			self::$mem = $mem;
		}

		public static function is_empty($queue) {
			$mem = self::getInstance();
			$head = $mem->get($queue."_head");
			$tail = $mem->get($queue."_tail");

			if($head >= $tail || $head === FALSE || $tail === FALSE)
				return TRUE;
			else
				return FALSE;
		}

		public static function dequeue($queue, $after_id=FALSE, $till_id=FALSE) {
			$mem = self::getInstance();

			if($after_id === FALSE && $till_id === FALSE) {
				$tail = $mem->get($queue."_tail");
				if(($id = $mem->increment($queue."_head")) === FALSE)
					return FALSE;

				if($id <= $tail) {
					return $mem->get($queue."_".($id-1));
				}
				else {
					$mem->decrement($queue."_head");
					return FALSE;
				}
			}
			else if($after_id !== FALSE && $till_id === FALSE) {
				$till_id = $mem->get($queue."_tail");
			}

			$item_keys = array();
			for($i=$after_id+1; $i<=$till_id; $i++)
				$item_keys[] = $queue."_".$i;
			$null = NULL;

			return $mem->getMulti($item_keys, $null, Memcached::GET_PRESERVE_ORDER);
		}

		public static function enqueue($queue, $item) {
			$mem = self::getInstance();

			$id = $mem->increment($queue."_tail");
			if($id === FALSE) {
				if($mem->add($queue."_tail", 1, MEMQ_TTL) === FALSE) {
					$id = $mem->increment($queue."_tail");
					if($id === FALSE)
						return FALSE;
				}
				else {
					$id = 1;
					$mem->add($queue."_head", $id, MEMQ_TTL);
				}
			}

			if($mem->add($queue."_".$id, $item, MEMQ_TTL) === FALSE)
				return FALSE;

			return $id;
		}

	}

?>