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+<?php
+/**
+ * Elgg memcache support.
+ *
+ * Requires php5-memcache to work.
+ *
+ * @package Elgg.Core
+ * @subpackage Cache.Memcache
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Return true if memcache is available and configured.
+ *
+ * @return bool
+ */
+function is_memcache_available() {
+	global $CONFIG;
+
+	static $memcache_available;
+
+	if ((!isset($CONFIG->memcache)) || (!$CONFIG->memcache)) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	// If we haven't set variable to something
+	if (($memcache_available !== true) && ($memcache_available !== false)) {
+		try {
+			$tmp = new ElggMemcache();
+			// No exception thrown so we have memcache available
+			$memcache_available = true;
+		} catch (Exception $e) {
+			$memcache_available = false;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return $memcache_available;
+}