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<refentry xml:id="mongodb.construct" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>MongoDB::__construct</refname>
  <refpurpose>Creates a new database</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <methodname>MongoDB::__construct</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>Mongo</type><parameter>conn</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>name</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   This method is not meant to be called directly.  The preferred way to create 
   an instance of MongoDB is through <function>Mongo::__get</function> or 
   <function>Mongo::selectDB</function>.
  </para>
  <para>
   If you're ignoring the previous paragraph and want to call it directly you 
   can do so:
  </para>
  <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

$m = new Mongo();
$db = new MongoDB($m, 'mydbname');

?>
]]>
  </programlisting>
  <para>
   But don't.  Isn't this much nicer:
  </para>
  <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

$m = new Mongo();
$db = $m->mydbname;

// or, if the name contains weird characters:

$db = $m->selectDB('my,db:name');

?>
]]>
  </programlisting>
 </refsect1>
 
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term>
      <type>Mongo</type>
      <parameter>conn</parameter>
     </term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Database connection.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>   
    <varlistentry>
     <term>
      <parameter>name</parameter>
     </term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Database name.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>   
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns the database.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="errors">
  &reftitle.errors;
  <para>
   Throws default exception if the database name is invalid.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>
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