php-doc-en/reference/mongo/mongocollection/findone.xml
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<refentry xml:id="mongocollection.findone" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<refnamediv>
<refname>MongoCollection::findOne</refname>
<refpurpose>Querys this collection, returning a single element</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<modifier>public</modifier> <type>array</type><methodname>MongoCollection::findOne</methodname>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>array</type><parameter>query</parameter><initializer>array()</initializer></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>array</type><parameter>fields</parameter><initializer>array()</initializer></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<parameter>query</parameter>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
The fields for which to search.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>
<parameter>fields</parameter>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>
Fields of the results to return.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
Returns record matching the search or &null;.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="errors">
&reftitle.errors;
<para>
Throws <classname>MongoConnectionException</classname> if it cannot reach the
database.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<example>
<title><methodname>MongoCollection::findOne</methodname> document by its id.</title>
<para>This example demonstrates how to find a single document in a collection by its id.</para>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$articles = $mongo->my_db->articles;
$article = $articles->findOne(array('_id' => new MongoId('47cc67093475061e3d9536d2')));
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
<example>
<title><methodname>MongoCollection::findOne</methodname> document by some condition.</title>
<para>This example demonstrates how to find a single document in a collection by some condition and limiting the returned fields.</para>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$users = $mongo->my_db->users;
$user = $users->findOne(array('username' => 'jwage'), array('password'));
print_r($user);
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs.similar;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
Array
(
[_id] => MongoId Object
(
)
[password] => test
)
]]>
</screen>
<para>
Notice how even though the document does have a username field, we limited the results
to only contain the password field.
</para>
</example>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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