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<h1 class="refname">MongoDB::createCollection</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PECL mongo >=0.9.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">MongoDB::createCollection</span> — <span class="dc-title">Creates a collection</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-mongodb.createcollection-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>MongoDB::createCollection</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$name</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">array</span> <code class="parameter">$options</code></span>
] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
This method is used to create capped collections and other collections
requiring special options. It is identical to running:
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br />$collection </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$db</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">command</span><span style="color: #007700">(array(<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"create" </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$name</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"capped" </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$options</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"capped"</span><span style="color: #007700">],<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"size" </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$options</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"size"</span><span style="color: #007700">],<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"max" </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$options</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"max"</span><span style="color: #007700">],<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"autoIndexId" </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$options</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"autoIndexId"</span><span style="color: #007700">],<br />));<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
</div>
See <span class="function"><a href="mongodb.command.html" class="function">MongoDB::command()</a></span> for more information about database commands.
</p>
</div>
<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-mongodb.createcollection-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
<dl>
<dt>
<span class="term">
<em><code class="parameter">name</code></em>
</span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The name of the collection.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term">
<em><code class="parameter">options</code></em>
</span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
An array containing options for the collections. Each option is its own
element in the options array, with the option name listed below being
the key of the element. The supported options depend on the MongoDB
server version. At the moment, the following options are supported:
</p>
<p class="para">
<dl>
<dt>
<span class="term">
<em><code class="parameter">capped</code></em>
</span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
If the collection should be a fixed size.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term">
<em><code class="parameter">size</code></em>
</span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
If the collection is fixed size, its size in bytes.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term">
<em><code class="parameter">max</code></em>
</span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
If the collection is fixed size, the maximum number of elements to
store in the collection.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term">
<em><code class="parameter">autoIndexId</code></em>
</span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
If capped is <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> you can specify <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> to disable the
automatic index created on the <em>_id</em> field.
Before MongoDB 2.2, the default value for
<em>autoIndexId</em> was <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong>.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
</p>
</div>
<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-mongodb.createcollection-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns a collection object representing the new collection.
</p>
</div>
<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-mongodb.createcollection-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<div class="example" id="example-1415">
<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>MongoDB::createCollection()</strong></span> capped collection example</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents"><p>
A capped collection is a special type of collection that has either a fixed
or a fixed number of elements. Once the collection is "full," the oldest
elements will be removed when new elements are added. Capped collections
can be very useful for applications like logging, where you may want to
reserve a certain amount of space for logs and not worry about them
getting too big.
</p></div>
<div class="example-contents"><p>
This example creates a very tiny log collection that will keep a maximum of
10 documents.
</p></div>
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br />$log </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$db</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">createCollection</span><span style="color: #007700">(<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"logger"</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> array(<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'capped' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">true</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'size' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">10</span><span style="color: #007700">*</span><span style="color: #0000BB">1024</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'max' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">10<br /> </span><span style="color: #007700">)<br />);<br /><br />for (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i </span><span style="color: #007700">< </span><span style="color: #0000BB">100</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i</span><span style="color: #007700">++) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$log</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">insert</span><span style="color: #007700">(array(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"level" </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">WARN</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"msg" </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"sample log message #</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"ts" </span><span style="color: #007700">=> new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">MongoDate</span><span style="color: #007700">()));<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$msgs </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$log</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">find</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /><br />foreach (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$msgs </span><span style="color: #007700">as </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$msg</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$msg</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'msg'</span><span style="color: #007700">].</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
</div>
<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output
something similar to:</p></div>
<div class="example-contents screen"><br />
sample log message #90<br />
sample log message #91<br />
sample log message #92<br />
sample log message #93<br />
sample log message #94<br />
sample log message #95<br />
sample log message #96<br />
sample log message #97<br />
sample log message #98<br />
sample log message #99<br />
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="refsect1 changelog" id="refsect1-mongodb.createcollection-changelog">
<h3 class="title">Changelog</h3>
<p class="para">
<table class="doctable informaltable">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Version</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody class="tbody">
<tr>
<td>1.4.0</td>
<td>
<p class="para">
In versions before 1.4.0, the options were all arguments to the method. The
function synopsis in those older versions is:
</p>
<p class="para">
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type"><a href="class.mongocollection.html" class="type MongoCollection">MongoCollection</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>MongoDB::createCollection</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$name</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">bool</span> <code class="parameter">$capped</code><span class="initializer"> = <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong></span></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$size</code><span class="initializer"> = 0</span></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$max</code><span class="initializer"> = 0</span></span>
]]] )</div>
</p>
<p class="para">
The meaning of the options is the same as described under the
<em><code class="parameter">options</code></em> argument above.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</p>
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