MongoCursor::getReadPreference Get the read preference for this query &reftitle.description; public arrayMongoCursor::getReadPreference &reftitle.parameters; &no.function.parameters; &reftitle.returnvalues; &mongo.getreadpreference.returnvalues; &reftitle.examples; <methodname>MongoCursor::getReadPreference</methodname> return value example test->users->find(); $cursor->setReadPreference(MongoClient::RP_SECONDARY, array( array('dc' => 'east', 'use' => 'reporting'), array('dc' => 'west'), array(), )); var_dump($cursor->getReadPreference()); ]]> &example.outputs; string(9) "secondary" ["tagsets"]=> array(3) { [0]=> array(2) { ["dc"]=> string(4) "east" ["use"]=> string(9) "reporting" } [1]=> array(1) { ["dc"]=> string(7) "west" } [2]=> array(0) { } } } ]]> &reftitle.seealso; The read preferences documentation.