MongoDB::getReadPreference Get the read preference for this database &reftitle.description; public arrayMongoDB::getReadPreference &reftitle.parameters; &no.function.parameters; &reftitle.returnvalues; &mongo.getreadpreference.returnvalues; &reftitle.changelog; &Version; &Description; 1.3.3 The return value has changed to be consistent with MongoDB::setReadPreference. The type value was changed from a number to a string, type_string was removed, and tagsets now expresses tags as key/value pairs instead of colon-delimited strings. &reftitle.examples; <methodname>MongoDB::getReadPreference</methodname> return value example test; $db->setReadPreference(MongoClient::RP_SECONDARY, array( array('dc' => 'east', 'use' => 'reporting'), array('dc' => 'west'), array(), )); var_dump($db->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. MongoDB::setReadPreference