MongoDB\BSON\ObjectID
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MongoDB\BSON\ObjectID::__toString

Returns the hexidecimal representation of this ObjectID

Description

final public string MongoDB\BSON\ObjectID::__toString ( void )

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns the hexidecimal representation of this ObjectID.

Errors/Exceptions

  • Throws MongoDB\Driver\Exception\InvalidArgumentException on argument parsing errors.

Examples

Example #1 MongoDB\BSON\ObjectID::__toString example

<?php

var_dump((string) new MongoDB\BSON\ObjectId());
var_dump((string) new MongoDB\BSON\ObjectId('000000000000000000000001'));

?>

The above example will output something similar to:

string(24) "56731b49da14d8747d701211"
string(24) "000000000000000000000001"