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MongoDB\\Database::dropCollection()
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Definition
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.. phpmethod:: MongoDB\\Database::dropCollection()
Drop a collection within the current database.
.. code-block:: php
function dropCollection($collectionName, array $options = []): array|object
This method has the following parameters:
.. include:: /includes/apiargs/MongoDBDatabase-method-dropCollection-param.rst
The ``$options`` parameter supports the following options:
.. include:: /includes/apiargs/MongoDBDatabase-method-dropCollection-option.rst
Return Values
-------------
An array or object with the result document of the :manual:`drop
</reference/command/drop>` command. The return type will depend on the
``typeMap`` option.
Errors/Exceptions
-----------------
.. include:: /includes/extracts/error-unsupportedexception.rst
.. include:: /includes/extracts/error-invalidargumentexception.rst
.. include:: /includes/extracts/error-driver-runtimeexception.rst
Example
-------
The following example drops the ``users`` collection in the ``test`` database:
.. code-block:: php
<?php
$db = (new MongoDB\Client)->test;
$result = $db->dropCollection('users');
var_dump($result);
The output would then resemble::
object(MongoDB\Model\BSONDocument)#8 (1) {
["storage":"ArrayObject":private]=>
array(3) {
["ns"]=>
string(10) "test.users"
["nIndexesWas"]=>
int(1)
["ok"]=>
float(1)
}
}
See Also
--------
- :phpmethod:`MongoDB\\Collection::drop()`
- :manual:`drop </reference/command/drop>` command reference in the MongoDB
manual