MongoId::__toString

(PECL mongo >= 0.8.0)

MongoId::__toString — Returns a hexidecimal representation of this id

This extension that defines this method is deprecated. Instead, the MongoDB extension should be used. Alternatives to this method include:

  • MongoDB\BSON\ObjectId::__toString()

Description

public MongoId::__toString(): string

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

This id.

Examples

Example #1 MongoId::__toString() example

<?php

$m = new MongoClient();
$collection = $m->selectDB("foo")->selectCollection("bar");

$collection->insert(array( "x" => "y" ));
$collection->insert(array( "x" => "y" ));

$cursor = $collection->find();
$r1 = $cursor->next();
$r2 = $cursor->next();

echo $r1["_id"] . "\n";
echo $r2["_id"] . "\n";

?>

The above example will output something similar to:

49a7011a05c677b9a916612a
49a702d5450046d3d515d10d