<!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>Gets a database collection</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="mongoclient.listdbs.html">MongoClient::listDBs</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="mongoclient.selectdb.html">MongoClient::selectDB</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="class.mongoclient.html">MongoClient</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="mongoclient.selectcollection" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">MongoClient::selectCollection</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PECL mongoclient >=0.9.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">MongoClient::selectCollection</span> — <span class="dc-title">Gets a database collection</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-mongoclient.selectcollection-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type"><a href="class.mongocollection.html" class="type MongoCollection">MongoCollection</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>MongoClient::selectCollection</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$db</code></span> , <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$collection</code></span> )</div> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-mongoclient.selectcollection-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"> <em><code class="parameter">db</code></em> </span> <dd> <p class="para"> The database name. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"> <em><code class="parameter">collection</code></em> </span> <dd> <p class="para"> The collection name. </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-mongoclient.selectcollection-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> Returns a new collection object. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 errors" id="refsect1-mongoclient.selectcollection-errors"> <h3 class="title">Errors/Exceptions</h3> <p class="para"> Throws <a href="class.exception.html" class="classname">Exception</a> if the database or collection name is invalid. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-mongoclient.selectcollection-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <div class="example" id="example-1407"> <p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>MongoClient::selectCollection()</strong></span> example</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$m </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">MongoClient</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$c1 </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$m</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">selectCollection</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"foo"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"bar.baz"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// which is equivalent to<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$c2 </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$m</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">selectDB</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"foo"</span><span style="color: #007700">)-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">selectCollection</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"bar.baz"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// $c1 and $c2 now represent the same collection<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="mongoclient.listdbs.html">MongoClient::listDBs</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="mongoclient.selectdb.html">MongoClient::selectDB</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="class.mongoclient.html">MongoClient</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>