PHPLIB-89: String getters for Database and Collection classes

src/Collection.php

@@ -69,6 +69,16 @@ class Collection
         list($this->dbname, $this->collname) = explode(".", $namespace, 2);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return the collection namespace.
+     *
+     * @param string
+     */
+    public function __toString()
+    {
+        return $this->ns;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Runs an aggregation framework pipeline
      *
@@ -629,7 +639,7 @@ class Collection
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the CollectionName this object operates on
+     * Return the collection name.
      *
      * @return string
      */
@@ -677,7 +687,7 @@ class Collection
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the DatabaseName this object operates on
+     * Return the database name.
      *
      * @return string
      */
@@ -931,6 +941,17 @@ class Collection
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return the collection namespace.
+     *
+     * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/faq/developers/#faq-dev-namespace
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getNamespace()
+    {
+        return $this->ns;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Retrieves all Write options with their default values.
      *

src/Database.php

@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ class Database
         $this->readPreference = $readPreference;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return the database name.
+     *
+     * @param string
+     */
+    public function __toString()
+    {
+        return $this->databaseName;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create a new collection explicitly.
      *
@@ -89,6 +99,16 @@ class Database
         return $this->manager->executeCommand($this->databaseName, $command, $readPreference);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the database name.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getDatabaseName()
+    {
+        return $this->databaseName;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns information for all collections in this database.
      *