converting mongo id to string in php

[kehers]

im having issues converting the mongo id (_id) returned as an object
to string in php.
While ths works perfectly on my local server:
$cursor = $db->tbl->findOne();
echo $cursor['_id'].'';
//or (string) $cursor['_id']
it doesnt on my online server. These
var_dump($cursor['_id'].'');
will always return something like
string "object #14" instead of the hexadecimal representatn of the id
my online server mongodb version is 1.6.2

[Kristina Chodorow]

var_dump doesn't convert an object to a string, it dumps the type (object) and any fields (MongoId doesn't have any fields).  Try doing echo $cursor['_id'].'' or (string) $cursor['_id'].

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[kehers]

Sure did. Still got the same thing :(

[Kristina Chodorow]

Is it using PHP 5.1?  If so, it won't do implicit string casting, you have to call $cursor['_id']->__toString().  If not, what is the code you're running?

On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 12:44 PM, kehers <keh...@gmail.com> wrote:

Sure did. Still got the same thing :(

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