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<h1 class="refname">Collection::find</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(No version information available, might only be in Git)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">Collection::find</span> — <span class="dc-title">Search for document</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-mysql-xdevapi-collection.find-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type"><span class="type mysql_xdevapi\CollectionFind">mysql_xdevapi\CollectionFind</span></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>mysql_xdevapi\Collection::find</strong></span>
([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$search_condition</code></span>
] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Search a database collection for a document or set of documents. The
found documents are returned as a CollectionFind object is to
further modify or fetch results from.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-mysql-xdevapi-collection.find-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<dl>
<dt>
<code class="parameter">search_condition</code></dt>
<dd>
<p class="para">
Although optional, normally a condition is defined to limit the results
to a subset of documents.
</p>
<p class="para">
Multiple elements might build the condition and the syntax supports parameter binding.
The expression used as search condition must be a valid SQL expression.
If no search condition is provided (field empty) then find('true') is assumed.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-mysql-xdevapi-collection.find-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
A CollectionFind object to verify the operation,
or fetch the found documents.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-mysql-xdevapi-collection.find-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>mysql_xdevapi\Collection::find()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$session </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mysql_xdevapi</span><span style="color: #007700">\</span><span style="color: #0000BB">getSession</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"mysqlx://user:password@localhost"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$session</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">sql</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS addressbook"</span><span style="color: #007700">)-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">execute</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$session</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">sql</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"CREATE DATABASE addressbook"</span><span style="color: #007700">)-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">execute</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$schema </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$session</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getSchema</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"addressbook"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$collection </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$schema</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">createCollection</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"people"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$collection</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">add</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'{"name": "Alfred", "age": 18, "job": "Butler"}'</span><span style="color: #007700">)-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">execute</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$collection</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">add</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'{"name": "Bob", "age": 19, "job": "Swimmer"}'</span><span style="color: #007700">)-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">execute</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$collection</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">add</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'{"name": "Fred", "age": 20, "job": "Construction"}'</span><span style="color: #007700">)-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">execute</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$collection</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">add</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'{"name": "Wilma", "age": 21, "job": "Teacher"}'</span><span style="color: #007700">)-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">execute</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$collection</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">add</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'{"name": "Suki", "age": 22, "job": "Teacher"}'</span><span style="color: #007700">)-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">execute</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$find </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$collection</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">find</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'job LIKE :job AND age > :age'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$find<br /> </span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">bind</span><span style="color: #007700">([</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'job' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Teacher'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'age' </span><span style="color: #007700">=> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">20</span><span style="color: #007700">])<br /> -></span><span style="color: #0000BB">sort</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'age DESC'</span><span style="color: #007700">)<br /> -></span><span style="color: #0000BB">limit</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">2</span><span style="color: #007700">) <br /> -></span><span style="color: #0000BB">execute</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">print_r</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$result</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">fetchAll</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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</code></div>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div>
<div class="example-contents screen">
<div class="cdata"><pre>
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[_id] => 00005b6b536100000000000000a8
[age] => 22
[job] => Teacher
[name] => Suki
)
[1] => Array
(
[_id] => 00005b6b536100000000000000a7
[age] => 21
[job] => Teacher
[name] => Wilma
)
)
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