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MongoDB\\Database::aggregate()
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Definition
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.. phpmethod:: MongoDB\\Database::aggregate()

   Runs a specified :manual:`admin/diagnostic pipeline
   </reference/operator/aggregation-pipeline/#db-aggregate-stages>` which does
   not require an underlying collection. For aggregations on collection data,
   see :phpmethod:`MongoDB\\Collection::aggregate()`.

   .. code-block:: php

      function aggregate(array $pipeline, array $options = []): Traversable

   This method has the following parameters:

   .. include:: /includes/apiargs/MongoDBDatabase-method-aggregate-param.rst

   The ``$options`` parameter supports the following options:

   .. include:: /includes/apiargs/MongoDBDatabase-method-aggregate-option.rst

Return Values
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A :php:`MongoDB\\Driver\\Cursor <class.mongodb-driver-cursor>` or
:php:`ArrayIterator <arrayiterator>` object. In both cases, the return value
will be :php:`Traversable <traversable>`.

Errors/Exceptions
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.. include:: /includes/extracts/error-unexpectedvalueexception.rst
.. include:: /includes/extracts/error-unsupportedexception.rst
.. include:: /includes/extracts/error-invalidargumentexception.rst
.. include:: /includes/extracts/error-driver-runtimeexception.rst

.. _php-db-agg-method-behavior:

.. todo: add examples

See Also
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- :phpmethod:`MongoDB\\Collection::aggregate()`
- :manual:`aggregate </reference/command/aggregate>` command reference in the
  MongoDB manual
- :manual:`Aggregation Pipeline </core/aggregation-pipeline>` documentation in
  the MongoDB Manual