MongoDB\BSON\fromPHP

(mongodb >=1.0.0)

MongoDB\BSON\fromPHP — Returns the BSON representation of a PHP value

Description

MongoDB\BSON\fromPHP(array|object $value): string

Serializes a PHP array or object (e.g. document) to its » BSON representation. The returned binary string will describe a BSON document.

Parameters

value (array|object)

PHP value to be serialized.

Return Values

The serialized BSON document as a binary string.

Errors/Exceptions

Examples

Example #1 MongoDB\BSON\fromPHP() example

<?php

$bson = MongoDB\BSON\fromPHP(['foo' => 1]);
echo bin2hex($bson), "\n";

?>

The above example will output:

0e00000010666f6f000100000000cat

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