yii2/extensions/mongodb

MongoDb Extension for Yii 2

This extension provides the MongoDB integration for the Yii2 framework.

Installation

This extension requires MongoDB PHP Extension version 1.3.0 or higher.

The preferred way to install this extension is through composer.

Either run

php composer.phar require --prefer-dist yiisoft/yii2-mongodb "*"

or add

"yiisoft/yii2-mongodb": "*"

to the require section of your composer.json.

General Usage

To use this extension, simply add the following code in your application configuration:

return [
    //....
    'components' => [
        'mongodb' => [
            'class' => '\yii\mongodb\Connection',
            'dsn' => 'mongodb://developer:password@localhost:27017/mydatabase',
        ],
    ],
];

Using the connection instance you may access databases and collections. Most of the MongoDB commands are accessible via \yii\mongodb\Collection instance:

$collection = Yii::$app->mongodb->getCollection('customer');
$collection->insert(['name' => 'John Smith', 'status' => 1]);

To perform "find" queries, you should use \yii\mongodb\Query:

use yii\mongodb\Query;

$query = new Query;
// compose the query
$query->select(['name', 'status'])
    ->from('customer')
    ->limit(10);
// execute the query
$rows = $query->all();

This extension supports logging and profiling, however log messages does not contain actual text of the performed queries, they contains only a “close approximation” of it composed on the values which can be extracted from PHP Mongo extension classes. If you need to see actual query text, you should use specific tools for that.

Notes about MongoId

Remember: MongoDB document id ("_id" field) is not scalar, but an instance of \MongoId class. To get actual Mongo ID string your should typecast \MongoId instance to string:

$query = new Query;
$row = $query->from('customer')->one();
var_dump($row['_id']); // outputs: "object(MongoId)"
var_dump((string)$row['_id']); // outputs "string 'acdfgdacdhcbdafa'"

Although this fact is very useful sometimes, it often produces some problems. You may face them in URL composition or attempt of saving "_id" to other storage. In these cases, ensure you have converted \MongoId into the string:

/* @var $this yii\web\View */
echo $this->createUrl(['item/update', 'id' => (string)$row['_id']]);

While building condition, values for the key '_id' will be automatically cast to \MongoId instance, even if they are plain strings. So it is not necessary for you to perform back cast of string '_id' representation:

use yii\web\Controller;
use yii\mongodb\Query;

class ItemController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * @param string $id MongoId string (not object)
     */
    public function actionUpdate($id)
    {
        $query = new Query;
        $row = $query->from('item')
            where(['_id' => $id]) // implicit typecast to [[\MongoId]]
            ->one();
        ...
    }
}

However, if you have other columns, containing \MongoId, you should take care of possible typecast on your own.

Using the MongoDB ActiveRecord

This extension provides ActiveRecord solution similar ot the \yii\db\ActiveRecord. To declare an ActiveRecord class you need to extend \yii\mongodb\ActiveRecord and implement the collectionName and 'attributes' methods:

use yii\mongodb\ActiveRecord;

class Customer extends ActiveRecord
{
    /**
     * @return string the name of the index associated with this ActiveRecord class.
     */
    public static function collectionName()
    {
        return 'customer';
    }

    /**
     * @return array list of attribute names.
     */
    public function attributes()
    {
        return ['_id', 'name', 'email', 'address', 'status'];
    }
}

Note: collection primary key name ('_id') should be always explicitly setup as an attribute.

You can use \yii\data\ActiveDataProvider with \yii\mongodb\Query and \yii\mongodb\ActiveQuery:

use yii\data\ActiveDataProvider;
use yii\mongodb\Query;

$query = new Query;
$query->from('customer')->where(['status' => 2]);
$provider = new ActiveDataProvider([
    'query' => $query,
    'pagination' => [
        'pageSize' => 10,
    ]
]);
$models = $provider->getModels();

use yii\data\ActiveDataProvider;
use app\models\Customer;

$provider = new ActiveDataProvider([
    'query' => Customer::find(),
    'pagination' => [
        'pageSize' => 10,
    ]
]);
$models = $provider->getModels();

Working with embedded documents

This extension does not provide any special way to work with embedded documents (sub-documents). General recommendation is avoiding it if possible. For example: instead of:

{
    content: "some content",
    author: {
        name: author1,
        email: author1@domain.com
    }
}

use following:

{
    content: "some content",
    author_name: author1,
    author_email: author1@domain.com
}

Yii Model designed assuming single attribute is a scalar. Validation and attribute processing based on this suggestion. Still any attribute can be an array of any depth and complexity, however you should handle its validation on your own.

Using GridFS

This extension supports MongoGridFS via classes under namespace "\yii\mongodb\file". There you will find specific Collection, Query and ActiveRecord classes.

Using the Cache component

To use the Cache component, in addition to configuring the connection as described above, you also have to configure the cache component to be yii\mongodb\Cache:

return [
    //....
    'components' => [
        // ...
        'cache' => [
            'class' => 'yii\mongodb\Cache',
        ],
    ]
];

Using the Session component

To use the Session component, in addition to configuring the connection as described above, you also have to configure the session component to be yii\mongodb\Session:

return [
    //....
    'components' => [
        // ...
        'session' => [
            'class' => 'yii\mongodb\Session',
        ],
    ]
];

Using Gii generator

This extension provides a code generator, which can be integrated with yii 'gii' module. It allows generation of the Active Record code. In order to enable it, you should adjust your application configuration in following way:

return [
    //....
    'modules' => [
        // ...
        'gii' => [
            'class' => 'yii\gii\Module',
            'generators' => [
                'mongoDbModel' => [
                    'class' => 'yii\mongodb\gii\model\Generator'
                ]
            ],
        ],
    ]
];

Note: since MongoDB is schemaless, there is not much information, which generated code may base on. So generated code is very basic and definitely requires adjustments.

Using Migrations

MongoDB is schemaless and will create any missing collection on the first demand. However there are many cases, when you may need applying persistent changes to the MongoDB database. For example: you may need to create a collection with some specific options or create indexes. MongoDB migrations are managed via yii\mongodb\console\controllers\MigrateController, which is an analog of regular \yii\console\controllers\MigrateController.

In order to enable this command you should adjust the configuration of your console application:

return [
    // ...
    'controllerMap' => [
        'mongodb-migrate' => 'yii\mongodb\console\controllers\MigrateController'
    ],
];

Below are some common usages of this command:

# creates a new migration named 'create_user_collection'
yii mongodb-migrate/create create_user_collection

# applies ALL new migrations
yii mongodb-migrate

# reverts the last applied migration
yii mongodb-migrate/down