MongoDB::command

(PECL mongo >=0.9.2)

MongoDB::commandExecute a database command

Description

public array MongoDB::command ( array $command [, array $options = array() ] )

Almost everything that is not a CRUD operation can be done with a database command. Need to know the database version? There's a command for that. Need to do aggregation? There's a command for that. Need to turn up logging? You get the idea.

This method is identical to:

<?php

public function command($data) {
    return 
$this->selectCollection('$cmd')->findOne($data);
}

?>

Parameters

command

The query to send.

options

This parameter is an associative array of the form array("optionname" => <boolean>, ...). Currently supported options are:

  • "timeout"

    Integer, defaults to Mongo::$timeout. If "safe" is set, this sets how long (in milliseconds) for the client to wait for a database response. If the database does not respond within the timeout period, a MongoCursorTimeoutException will be thrown.

Changelog

Version Description
1.2.0 Added options parameter with a single option: timeout.

Return Values

Returns database response.

Examples

Example #1 MongoDB::command() "distinct" example

Finding all of the distinct values for a key.

<?php

$people 
$db->people;

$people->insert(array("name" => "Joe""age" => 4));
$people->insert(array("name" => "Sally""age" => 22));
$people->insert(array("name" => "Dave""age" => 22));
$people->insert(array("name" => "Molly""age" => 87));

$ages $db->command(array("distinct" => "people""key" => "age"));

foreach (
$ages['values'] as $age) {
    echo 
"$age\n";
}

?>

The above example will output something similar to:


4
22
87

Example #2 MongoDB::command() "distinct" example

Finding all of the distinct values for a key, where the value is larger than or equal to 18.

<?php

$people 
$db->people;

$people->insert(array("name" => "Joe""age" => 4));
$people->insert(array("name" => "Sally""age" => 22));
$people->insert(array("name" => "Dave""age" => 22));
$people->insert(array("name" => "Molly""age" => 87));

$ages $db->command(
    array(
        
"distinct" => "people",
        
"key" => "age"
        
"query" => array("age" => array('$gte' => 18))
    )
);  

foreach (
$ages['values'] as $age) {
    echo 
"$age\n";
}

?>

The above example will output something similar to:


22
87

Example #3 MongoDB::command() MapReduce example

Get all users with at least on "sale" event, and how many times each of these users has had a sale.

<?php

// sample event document
$events->insert(array("user_id" => $id
    
"type" => $type
    
"time" => new MongoDate(), 
    
"desc" => $description));

// construct map and reduce functions
$map = new MongoCode("function() { emit(this.user_id,1); }");
$reduce = new MongoCode("function(k, vals) { ".
    
"var sum = 0;".
    
"for (var i in vals) {".
        
"sum += vals[i];"
    
"}".
    
"return sum; }");

$sales $db->command(array(
    
"mapreduce" => "events"
    
"map" => $map,
    
"reduce" => $reduce,
    
"query" => array("type" => "sale"),
    
"out" => array("merge" => "eventCounts")));

$users $db->selectCollection($sales['result'])->find();

foreach (
$users as $user) {
    echo 
"{$user['_id']} had {$user['value']} sale(s).\n";
}

?>

The above example will output something similar to:


User 47cc67093475061e3d9536d2 had 3 sale(s).
User 49902cde5162504500b45c2c had 14 sale(s).
User 4af467e4fd543cce7b0ea8e2 had 1 sale(s).

Note: Using MongoCode

This example uses MongoCode, which can also take a scope argument. However, at the moment, MongoDB does not support using scopes in MapReduce. If you would like to use client-side variables in the MapReduce functions, you can add them to the global scope by using the optional scope field with the database command. See the » MapReduce documentation for more information.

Note: The out argument

Before 1.8.0, the out argument was optional. If you did not use it, MapReduce results would be written to a temporary collection, which would be deleted when your connection was closed. In 1.8.0+, the out argument is required. See the » MapReduce documentation for more information.

If you are going to be using MapReduce, Prajwal Tuladhar created an API for Mongo PHP users which provides a nicer interface than the bare command. You can download it from » Github and there is a » blog post on how to use it.

See Also

MongoDB core docs on » database commands and on individual commands: » findAndModify, » getLastError, and » repair (dozens more exist, there are merely a few examples).