MONGOCOLLECTION.FIND(3) 						 1						   MONGOCOLLECTION.FIND(3)

MongoCollection::find - Queries this collection, returning aMongoCursorfor the result set

SYNOPSIS

       public MongoCursor MongoCollection::find ([array  $query = array()], [array  $fields = array()])

DESCRIPTION

PARAMETERS

	      o $query
		-  The	fields	for which to search. MongoDB's query language is quite extensive. The PHP driver will in almost all cases pass the
		query straight through to the server, so reading the MongoDB core docs on find is a good idea.

	      Warning

		      Please make sure that for all special query operators (starting with $) you use single quotes so that  PHP  doesn't  try	to
		     replace "$exists" with the value of the variable $exists.

	      o $fields
		-  Fields  of the results to return. The array is in the format array('fieldname' => true, 'fieldname2' => true). The _id field is
		always returned.

RETURN VALUES

	Returns a cursor for the search results.

EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      MongoCollection.find(3) example

	      This example demonstrates basic search options.

	      <?php

	      $m = new MongoClient();
	      $db = $m->selectDB('test');
	      $collection = new MongoCollection($db, 'produce');

	      // search for fruits
	      $fruitQuery = array('Type' => 'Fruit');

	      $cursor = $collection->find($fruitQuery);
	      foreach ($cursor as $doc) {
		  var_dump($doc);
	      }

	      // search for produce that is sweet. Taste is a child of Details.
	      $sweetQuery = array('Details.Taste' => 'Sweet');
	      echo "Sweet
";
	      $cursor = $collection->find($sweetQuery);
	      foreach ($cursor as $doc) {
		  var_dump($doc);
	      }

	      ?>

	      The above example will output:

	      array(4) {
		["_id"]=>
		object(MongoId)#7(1) {
		  ["$id"]=>
		  string(24) "50a87dd084f045a19b220dd6"
		}
		["Name"]=>
		string(5) "Apple"
		["Type"]=>
		string(5) "Fruit"
		["Details"]=>
		array(2) {
		  ["Taste"]=>
		  string(5) "Sweet"
		  ["Colour"]=>
		  string(3) "Red"
		}
	      }
	      array(4) {
		["_id"]=>
		object(MongoId)#8(1) {
		  ["$id"]=>
		  string(24) "50a87de084f045a19b220dd7"
		}
		["Name"]=>
		string(5) "Lemon"
		["Type"]=>
		string(5) "Fruit"
		["Details"]=>
		array(2) {
		  ["Taste"]=>
		  string(4) "Sour"
		  ["Colour"]=>
		  string(5) "Green"
		}
	      }

	      Sweet:
	      array(4) {
		["_id"]=>
		object(MongoId)#7(1) {
		  ["$id"]=>
		  string(24) "50a87dd084f045a19b220dd6"
		}
		["Name"]=>
		string(5) "Apple"
		["Type"]=>
		string(5) "Fruit"
		["Details"]=>
		array(2) {
		  ["Taste"]=>
		  string(5) "Sweet"
		  ["Colour"]=>
		  string(3) "Red"
		}
	      }

	       See MongoCursor for more information how to work with cursors.

       Example #2

	      MongoCollection.find(3) example

	      This example demonstrates how to search for a range.

	      <?php

	      $m = new MongoClient();
	      $db = $m->selectDB('test');
	      $collection = new MongoCollection($db, 'phpmanual');

	      // search for documents where 5 < x < 20
	      $rangeQuery = array('x' => array( '$gt' => 5, '$lt' => 20 ));

	      $cursor = $collection->find($rangeQuery);
	      foreach ($cursor as $doc) {
		  var_dump($doc);
	      }

	      ?>

	      The above example will output:

	      array(2) {
		["_id"]=>
		object(MongoId)#10(1) {
		  ["$id"]=>
		  string(24) "4ebc3e3710b89f2349000000"
		}
		["x"]=>
		int(12)
	      }
	      array(2) {
		["_id"]=>
		object(MongoId)#11(1) {
		  ["$id"]=>
		  string(24) "4ebc3e3710b89f2349000001"
		}
		["x"]=>
		int(12)
	      }

	       See MongoCursor for more information how to work with cursors.

       Example #3

	      MongoCollection.find(3) example using $where

	      This example demonstrates how to search a collection using javascript code to reduce the resultset.

	      <?php

	      $m = new MongoClient();
	      $db = $m->selectDB('test');
	      $collection = new MongoCollection($db, 'phpmanual');

	      $js = "function() {
		  return this.name == 'Joe' || this.age == 50;
	      }";
	      $cursor = $collection->find(array('$where' => $js));
	      foreach ($cursor as $doc) {
		  var_dump($doc);
	      }

	      ?>

	      The above example will output:

	      array(3) {
		["_id"]=>
		object(MongoId)#7(1) {
		  ["$id"]=>
		  string(24) "4ebc3e3710b89f2349000002"
		}
		["name"]=>
		string(3) "Joe"
		["age"]=>
		int(20)
	      }

       Example #4

	      MongoCollection.find(3) example using $in

	      This example demonstrates how to search a collection using the $in operator.

	      <?php

	      $m = new MongoClient();
	      $db = $m->selectDB('test');
	      $collection = new MongoCollection($db, 'phpmanual');

	      $cursor = $collection->find(array(
		  'name' => array('$in' => array('Joe', 'Wendy'))
	      ));

	      ?>

	      The above example will output:

	      array(3) {
		["_id"]=>
		object(MongoId)#7(1) {
		  ["$id"]=>
		  string(24) "4ebc3e3710b89f2349000002"
		}
		["name"]=>
		string(3) "Joe"
		["age"]=>
		int(20)
	      }

       Example #5

	      Getting results as an array

	       This returns a MongoCursor. Often, when people are starting out, they are more comfortable using an array. To turn a cursor into an
	      array, use the iterator_to_array(3) function.

	      <?php

	      $m = new MongoClient();
	      $db = $m->selectDB('test');
	      $collection = new MongoCollection($db, 'phpmanual');

	      $cursor = $collection->find();
	      $array = iterator_to_array($cursor);

	      ?>

	      The above example will output:

	      array(3) {
		["4ebc40af10b89f5149000000"]=>
		array(2) {
		  ["_id"]=>
		  object(MongoId)#6(1) {
		    ["$id"]=>
		    string(24) "4ebc40af10b89f5149000000"
		  }
		  ["x"]=>
		  int(12)
		}
		["4ebc40af10b89f5149000001"]=>
		array(2) {
		  ["_id"]=>
		  object(MongoId)#11(1) {
		    ["$id"]=>
		    string(24) "4ebc40af10b89f5149000001"
		  }
		  ["x"]=>
		  int(12)
		}
		["4ebc40af10b89f5149000002"]=>
		array(3) {
		  ["_id"]=>
		  object(MongoId)#12(1) {
		    ["$id"]=>
		    string(24) "4ebc40af10b89f5149000002"
		  }
		  ["name"]=>
		  string(3) "Joe"
		  ["age"]=>
		  int(20)
		}
	      }

	       Using  iterator_to_array(3)  forces  the  driver to load all of the results into memory, so do not do this for result sets that are
	      larger than memory!

	       Also, certain system collections do not have an _id field. If you are dealing with a collection that might have	documents  without
	      _ids,  pass  FALSE  as  the  second  argument to iterator_to_array(3) (so that it will not try to use the non-existent _id values as
	      keys).

SEE ALSO 
MongoCollection.findOne(3), MongoCollection.insert(3), MongoDB core docs on find..
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