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MongoCollection::remove

(PECL mongo >=0.9.0)

MongoCollection::remove — Remove records from this collection

Description

public boolean MongoCollection::remove ( array $criteria [, boolean $justOne = FALSE ] )

Parameters

criteria

Description of records to remove.

justOne

Remove at most one record matching this criteria.

Return Values

Returns if the command was executed successfully.

Examples

Example #1 MongoCollection::remove() with justOne example

<?php

$radioactive 
= $db->selectCollection('radioactive');

// count how much more plutonium there is
$remaining = $radioactive->count(array('type' => 94));

$halflife = $remaining/2;

// remove half of it
while ($halflife > 0) {
    
$uranium->remove(array('type' => 94), true);
    
$halflife--;
}

?>

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