php-doc-en/reference/mongo/updates.xml
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<section xml:id="mongo.updates" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<title>Updates</title>
<para>
Updates can be one of the the most complicated operation available with
MongoDB. They combine a query with an action, modifying documents that match
the criteria. They are also extremely powerful, allowing you to change
documents quickly and replace them altogether. They are done in-place (when
possible) with little overhead.
</para>
<section>
<title>Updating Nested Objects</title>
<para>
Suppose we wish to change the name of a comment's author in this document:
<programlisting>
<![CDATA[
{
"_id" : ObjectId("4b06c282edb87a281e09dad9"),
"content" : "this is a blog post.",
"comments" :
[
{
"author" : "Mike",
"comment" : "I think that blah blah blah...",
},
{
"author" : "John",
"comment" : "I disagree."
}
]
}
]]>
</programlisting>
In order to change an inner field, we use $set (so that all of the other
fields are not removed!) with the index of comment to change:
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$blog->update($criteria, array('$set' => array("comments.1" => array("author" => "Jim"))));
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>The Positional Operator</title>
<para>
The positional operator <literal>$</literal> is useful for updating objects
that are in arrays. In the example above, for instance, suppose that we did
not know the index of the comment that we needed to change, merely that we
needed to change "John" to "Jim". We can use <literal>$</literal> to do so.
</para>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$blog->update(
array("comments.author" => "John"),
array('$set' => array('comments.$.author' => "Jim")));
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</section>
</section>
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