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<?php
class ExtendedMemcache extends Memcache
{

    protected $hash = array();

    function __construct()
    {}

    function getHash()
    {
        return $this->hash;
    }

    function setHash($arrHash)
    {
        $this->hash = $arrHash;
    }

    private function addGroupKeyAssoc($strGroup, $strKey)
    {
        $hash = $this->getHash();
        $hash[$strGroup][] = $strKey;
        $this->setHash($hash);
    }

    function set ($strGroup, $strKey, $value)
    {
        $this->addGroupKeyAssoc($strGroup, $strKey);
        parent::set($strKey, $value);
    }

    function deleteGroup($strGroup)
    {
        $hash = $this->getHash();
        $groupKeys = $hash[$strGroup];
        if (is_array($groupKeys)) foreach ($groupKeys as $groupKey) {
            $this->delete($groupKey);
        }
    }
}

$memcache  = new ExentedMemcache();
$memcache->set('thread123', 'posts.page5.offset10', $pagedPosts5);
$memcache->set('thread123', 'posts.page6.offset10', $pagedPosts6);
$memcache->set('thread123', 'posts.page7.offset11', $pagedPosts7);
/// etc etc

/// then to delete everything for the thread.
$memcache->deleteGroup('thread123');

/// w00t!



?>