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<h1 class="refname">MongoClient::selectDB</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PECL mongo >=1.3.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">MongoClient::selectDB</span> — <span class="dc-title">Gets a database</span></p>
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<p class="para">This extension that defines this method
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type"><a href="class.mongodb.html" class="type MongoDB">MongoDB</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>MongoClient::selectDB</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$name</code></span>
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<code class="parameter">name</code>
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The database name.
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Returns a new database object.
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Throws <a href="class.exception.html" class="classname">Exception</a> if the database name is invalid.
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