MongoCursorInterface
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MongoCursorInterface::dead

Checks if there are results that have not yet been sent from the database

Description

abstract public bool MongoCursorInterface::dead ( void )

This method checks whether the cursor has been exhausted and the database has no more results to send to the client. A cursor being "dead" does not necessarily mean that there are no more results available for iteration.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns TRUE if there are more results that have not yet been sent to the client, and FALSE otherwise.