MongoDBCollection-getCollectionName.txt 913 Bytes
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MongoDB\\Collection::getCollectionName()
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Definition
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.. phpmethod:: MongoDB\\Collection::getCollectionName()

   Returns the name of this collection.

   .. code-block:: php

      function getCollectionName(): string

Return Values
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The name of this collection as a string.

Example
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The following returns the collection name for the ``zips`` collection in the
``test`` database.

.. code-block:: php

   <?php

   $collection = (new MongoDB\Client)->test->zips;

   echo $collection->getCollectionName();

The output would then resemble::

   zips

See Also
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- :phpmethod:`MongoDB\\Collection::getDatabaseName()`
- :phpmethod:`MongoDB\\Collection::getNamespace()`