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I've inherited a site that connected with memcache even though its not necessary and its not installed on the server. Although I've disabled the memcache module, the settings file has these lines which I cannot delete or the site stops working: 

$conf['cache_backends'][] = 'sites/all/modules/contrib/memcache/memcache.inc';
$conf['cache_class_cache_form'] = 'DrupalDatabaseCache';
$conf['cache_default_class'] = 'MemCacheDrupal';

I am getting this log message every two or three minutes:

Failed to connect to memcache server: 127.0.0.1:11211

Clearing the Drupal cache and restarting Apache do not seem to fix the problem. How can I fix this?

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    Can you elaborate on how the site stops working when you remove those lines? Did you do a cache clear after you removed them?
    – mpdonadio ♦
    Aug 27, 2015 at 22:42
  • I get a lot of strange messages for example Notice: Undefined index: schema_fields_sql in /usr/local/data/www/docs/includes/entity.inc on line 298 Catchable fatal error: Argument 2 passed to SelectQuery::fields() must be of the type array, null given, called in /usr/local/data/www/docs/includes/entity.inc on line 317 and defined in /usr/local/data/www/docs/includes/database/select.inc on line 1301
    – Diana
    Aug 28, 2015 at 14:23
  • yes I did clear the cache
    – Diana
    Aug 28, 2015 at 14:23
  • tried to run update, get this error Fatal error: Class 'SearchQuery' not found in /usr/local/data/www/docs/sites/all/modules/contrib/views/modules/search/views_handler_filter_search.inc on line 201
    – Diana
    Aug 28, 2015 at 14:24
  • Did you restart Apache? It really sounds like you have APC problems.
    – mpdonadio ♦
    Aug 28, 2015 at 14:28

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Hi You have to follow below steps in order:

  1. disable and uninstall module.
  2. remove from settings.php and delete folder of module.
  3. clear cache (make sure all tables are empty)

For users using drush:

drush dis memcache

The following extensions will be disabled: memcache
Do you really want to continue? (y/n): y

Thanks

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  • I think you've failed to mention the module name Memcache (memcache) which is the one she needs to disable.
    – Beebee
    Aug 28, 2015 at 10:49
  • Thanks for making it more easy by writing name of module :)
    – jas
    Aug 28, 2015 at 10:51
  • Why is a cron run needed?
    – mpdonadio ♦
    Aug 28, 2015 at 14:25
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    I had to use drush cc clear all for this to work. just clearing the cache from the admin page didnt work.
    – Diana
    Nov 17, 2015 at 21:55
  • Please mention Drupal major version.
    – Pupil
    Apr 25, 2019 at 6:23

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