if (!extension_loaded('zlib'))
{
// there is 1024Kb limitation on memcache, so we need to compress
$this->_storing_method = 'sessions';
}
 
	public function someFunctionToStoreData()
	{
		if ($this->_storing_method=='sessions')
		{
			sfContext::getInstance()->getUser()->setAttribute('variableId',$this->_varToStore);
		} else
		{
			// compress
                        $data = gzcompress(serialize($this->_varToStore),9);
			// compute data size
                        $data_size = strlen($data)/1024/1024;
                        // log it in symfony
			sfContext::getInstance()->getLogger()->info('Data size for memcache to store is '.$data_size." Mb");
                        // check data size - 0.9Mb - just in case to not go over 1Mb
			if ($data_size>0.9)
			{
				$this->_storing_method='sessions';
				$this->someFunctionToStoreData();
			}
			sfMemcacheFunctionCache::getInstance()->set( 'variableId', 'OurNameSpace', $data);
		}
		sfContext::getInstance()->getLogger()->info('Setting search ordering variable for country '.$this->_locationId);
	}