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<h2 class="title">Getting A Collection</h2>
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Getting a collection has the same syntax as getting a database:
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$connection </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">MongoClient</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$db </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$connection</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">baz</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// select a collection:<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$collection </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$db</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">foobar</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// or, directly selecting a database and collection:<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$collection </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$connection</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">baz</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">foobar</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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A collection is analogous to a table (if you are familiar with relational
databases).
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<h2 class="title">See Also</h2>
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The API documentation on the <a href="class.mongocollection.html" class="classname">MongoCollection</a> class
contains more information about collection objects.
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