<!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>Creates a new database</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="mongodb.command.html">MongoDB::command</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="mongodb.createcollection.html">MongoDB::createCollection</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="class.mongodb.html">MongoDB</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="mongodb.construct" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">MongoDB::__construct</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PECL mongo >=0.9.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">MongoDB::__construct</span> — <span class="dc-title">Creates a new database</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-mongodb.construct-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>MongoDB::__construct</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.mongoclient.html" class="type MongoClient">MongoClient</a></span> <code class="parameter">$conn</code></span> , <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$name</code></span> )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> This method is not meant to be called directly. The preferred way to create an instance of MongoDB is through <span class="function"><a href="mongoclient.get.html" class="function">MongoClient::__get()</a></span> or <span class="function"><a href="mongoclient.selectdb.html" class="function">MongoClient::selectDB()</a></span>. </p> <p class="para"> If you're ignoring the previous paragraph and want to call it directly you can do so: </p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br />$m </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">MongoClient</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$db </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">MongoDB</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$m</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'mydbname'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> <p class="para"> But don't. Isn't this much nicer: </p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br />$m </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">MongoClient</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$db </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$m</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">mydbname</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// or, if the name contains weird characters:<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$db </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$m</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">selectDB</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'my,db:name'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-mongodb.construct-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"> <span class="type"><a href="class.mongoclient.html" class="type MongoClient">MongoClient</a></span> <em><code class="parameter">conn</code></em> </span> <dd> <p class="para"> Database connection. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"> <em><code class="parameter">name</code></em> </span> <dd> <p class="para"> Database name. </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-mongodb.construct-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> Returns the database. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 errors" id="refsect1-mongodb.construct-errors"> <h3 class="title">Errors/Exceptions</h3> <p class="para"> Throws default exception if the database name is invalid. </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="mongodb.command.html">MongoDB::command</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="mongodb.createcollection.html">MongoDB::createCollection</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="class.mongodb.html">MongoDB</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>