PHP convert MongoDB objectID

Question

When I get the object id from mongodb that was generated by mongo itself
how can I convert/encode it to base 64 using PHP?

$_newCursor = $this->collection->findOne($urlQuery);
$_id = $_newCursor['_id'];

mavi91 · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-11 07:54:16Z

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if you really need to have mongoID in base64 encoded string you need to do this:

$_newCursor = $this->collection->findOne($urlQuery);
$_id = base64_encode((string)$_newCursor['_id']);

Furthermore if you have a MongoID Object you can extract string id with:

$_id = $mongoIdObject->__ToString();

answered Dec 11, 2014 at 7:54

mavi91

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Thanks a lot I got confused. I tried many suggestions I'll try this one now. Thanks!