Can't query with mongodb-1.1.x php driver - php

Question

I just updated mongodb to version 3.2 and updated my php driver to the latest. Here is the docs.
They changed almost everything with this new driver and there is not enough documentation I think. I couldn't find how to count, limit and sort the data with php as before.
I found sort method in mongodb website, but there is nothing about it in php docs and source code.
Is there anyone who has dealt with this new driver? How can I sort and limit my query results with php?

Answer 1

To use the new mongo php driver, unlike the old version which just requires mongo.so or mongo.dll to be installed, you will need to get the package mongodb/mongodb through composer:
composer.phar require "mongodb/mongodb=^1.0.0#beta"
Then you can use this example for an initial try:
<?php
require 'vendor/autoload.php'; // include Composer goodies
$manager = new MongoDB\Driver\Manager("mongodb://localhost:27017");
$collection = new MongoDB\Collection($manager, "db_name.collection_name");
$result = $collection->find( [ 'id' => '1', 'name' => 'John' ] );
foreach ($result as $entry)
{
echo $entry->id, ': ', $entry->name, "\n";
}
?>
More examples can be found in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-library/blob/master/examples/bulkwrite.php and https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-library/blob/master/examples/write.php
The count method can be found in https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-library/blob/master/src/Collection.php
sort and limit are the options to add to find() method:
$options = [
'sort' => ['id' => 1],
'limit' => 5
];
$result = $collection->find( [ 'id' => '1', 'name' => 'John' ], $options );