<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Making a Connection</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="mongo.tutorial.html">Tutorial</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="mongo.tutorial.selectdb.html">Getting a Database</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="mongo.tutorial.html">Tutorial</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="mongo.tutorial.connecting" class="section"> <h2 class="title">Making a Connection</h2> <p class="para"> To connect to the database server, use one of the following: </p> <div class="example" id="mongo.tutorial.connecting-example"> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$connection </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">MongoClient</span><span style="color: #007700">(); </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// connects to localhost:27017<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$connection </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">MongoClient</span><span style="color: #007700">( </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"mongodb://example.com" </span><span style="color: #007700">); </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// connect to a remote host (default port: 27017)<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$connection </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">MongoClient</span><span style="color: #007700">( </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"mongodb://example.com:65432" </span><span style="color: #007700">); </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// connect to a remote host at a given port<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> <p class="para"> You do not have to explicitly disconnect from the database. The driver uses persistent connections and will re-use already established connections. </p> <div class="section" id="mongo.tutorial.connecting.seealso"> <h2 class="title">See Also</h2> <p class="para"> The chapter on <a href="mongo.connecting.html" class="link">connecting</a> covers different types of connections. </p> <p class="para"> The API documentation on the <a href="class.mongoclient.html" class="classname">MongoClient</a> class and <span class="function"><a href="mongoclient.construct.html" class="function">MongoClient::__construct()</a></span> give a comprehensive look at all possible options with a number of examples. </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="mongo.tutorial.html">Tutorial</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="mongo.tutorial.selectdb.html">Getting a Database</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="mongo.tutorial.html">Tutorial</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>