# apcu_inc

(PECL apcu >= 4.0.0)

apcu_inc — Increase a stored number

### Description

apcu_inc ( string `$key` [, int `$step` = 1 [, bool `&$success` [, int `$ttl` = 0 ]]] ) : int|false

Increases a stored number.

### Parameters

`key`

  The key of the value being increased.

`step`

  The step, or value to increase.

`success`

  Optionally pass the success or fail boolean value to this referenced variable.

`ttl`

  TTL to use if the operation inserts a new value (rather than incrementing an existing one).

### Return Values

Returns the current value of `key`'s value on success, or `FALSE` on failure

### Changelog

Version | Description
--- | ---
5.1.12 | The `ttl` parameter has been added.

### Examples

Example #1 apcu_inc() example

`<?php
echo "Let's do something with success", PHP_EOL;
apcu_store('anumber', 42);
echo apcu_fetch('anumber'), PHP_EOL;
echo apcu_inc('anumber'), PHP_EOL;
echo apcu_inc('anumber', 10), PHP_EOL;
echo apcu_inc('anumber', 10, $success), PHP_EOL;
var_dump($success);
echo "Now, let's fail", PHP_EOL, PHP_EOL;
apcu_store('astring', 'foo');
$ret = apcu_inc('astring', 1, $fail);
var_dump($ret);
var_dump($fail);
?>`

The above example will output something similar to:

    Let's do something with success
    42
    43
    53
    63
    bool(true)
    Now, let's fail

    bool(false)
    bool(false)

### See Also

- apcu_dec() - Decrease a stored number