MongoDB::getCollectionNames

(PECL mongo >=1.3.0)

MongoDB::getCollectionNames — Get all collections from this database

Description

public array MongoDB::getCollectionNames ([ bool $includeSystemCollections = false ] )

Returns an array of all the collection names for the given database.

Parameters

includeSystemCollections

Include system collections.

Return Values

Returns the names of the all the collections in the database as an array.

Examples

Example #1 MongoDB::getCollectionNames() example

<?php
$m = new MongoClient;
$collections = $m->selectDB("demo")->getCollectionNames();

foreach ($collections as $collectionName) {
    echo "Found collection: ", $collectionName, "\n";
}
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

...
Found collection: img
Found collection: beer
Found collection: collation
...

See Also

• MongoDB::listCollections() - Gets an array of all MongoCollections for this database