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<h1 class="refname">MongoId::__toString</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PECL mongo >= 0.8.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">MongoId::__toString</span> — <span class="dc-title">Returns a hexidecimal representation of this id</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>MongoId::__toString</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">This function has no parameters.</p>
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<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
This id.
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>MongoId::__toString()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br />$m </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">MongoClient</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$collection </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$m</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">selectDB</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"foo"</span><span style="color: #007700">)-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">selectCollection</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"bar"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$collection</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">insert</span><span style="color: #007700">(array( </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"x" </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"y" </span><span style="color: #007700">));<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$collection</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">insert</span><span style="color: #007700">(array( </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"x" </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"y" </span><span style="color: #007700">));<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$cursor </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$collection</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">find</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$r1 </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$cursor</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">next</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$r2 </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$cursor</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">next</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /><br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$r1</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"_id"</span><span style="color: #007700">] . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$r2</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"_id"</span><span style="color: #007700">] . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output
something similar to:</p></div>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
49a7011a05c677b9a916612a
49a702d5450046d3d515d10d
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