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<h1 class="refname">MongoClient::selectCollection</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PECL mongo >=1.3.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">MongoClient::selectCollection</span> — <span class="dc-title">Gets a database collection</span></p>
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<p class="para">This extension that defines this method
is deprecated. Instead, the <a href="set.mongodb.html" class="link">MongoDB</a> extension should be used.
There is no equivalent for this method in the new extension, but there is an
alternative in the <a href="mongodb.overview.html" class="link">PHP library</a>:</p>
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<li class="member"><a href="https://docs.mongodb.com/php-library/master/reference/method/MongoDBClient-selectCollection/" class="link external">» MongoDB\Client::selectCollection()</a></li>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-mongoclient.selectcollection-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>MongoClient::selectCollection</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$db</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$collection</code></span>
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-mongoclient.selectcollection-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<code class="parameter">db</code>
</dt>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The database name.
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</dd>
<dt>
<code class="parameter">collection</code>
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<dd>
<p class="para">
The collection name.
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</dd>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-mongoclient.selectcollection-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns a new collection object.
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<div class="refsect1 errors" id="refsect1-mongoclient.selectcollection-errors">
<h3 class="title">Errors/Exceptions</h3>
<p class="para">
Throws <a href="class.exception.html" class="classname">Exception</a> if the database or collection name is invalid.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-mongoclient.selectcollection-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>MongoClient::selectCollection()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$m </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">MongoClient</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$c1 </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$m</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">selectCollection</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"foo"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"bar.baz"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// which is equivalent to<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$c2 </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.baz"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// $c1 and $c2 now represent the same collection<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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