MEMQ : Fast queue implementation using Memcached and PHP only -------------------------------------------------------------- MEMQ is a fast queue implementation written in PHP using memcached as data store Usage: ------ - MEMQ::is_empty($queue); return TRUE if $queue is empty, else FALSE - MEMQ::enqueue($queue, $item); If $queue do not exist, MEMQ initialize it Finally, Queue up passed $item in $queue returns $id of the queued up item - MEMQ::dequeue($queue, $after_id, $till_id); Dequeue an item from $queue $after_id and $till_id are optional paramaters for range dequeueing Read More: ---------- For benchmarking and other pros/cons read: http://abhinavsingh.com/blog/2010/02/memq-fast-queue-implementation-using-memcached-and-php-only/