note 105485 added to mongocollection.update

For anyone referencing records by the Mongo _id object, it's important to recognise that it is in fact an object, and not a string. If you have a record with a Mongo ID of say "4e519d5118617e88f27ea8cd" that you are trying to retrieve or update, you cannot search for it using something like: <?php $m = new Mongo(); $db = $m->selectDB('db'); $collection = 'collection'; $db->$collection->findOne(array('_id', '4e519d5118617e88f27ea8cd')); ?> There is some documentation that mentions simple conversion to string will solve this, but I have found the only reliable way to locate records based on their ID is to first pass it to MondoID(), then use that for reference. Something like this will be far more reliable: <?php $m = new Mongo(); $db = $m->selectDB('db'); $collection = 'collection'; $mongoID = new MongoID('4e519d5118617e88f27ea8cd'); $db->$collection->findOne(array('_id', $mongoID)); ?> This may prove useful for anyone using the ID object like an auto-increment database key would be used in MySQL or similar. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 203.45.149.26 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/mongocollection.update.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/105485 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105485/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105485/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105485/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105485/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105485/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105485/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105485 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/105485 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php