The PHP team is happy to announce that version 1.7.0-rc1 of the MongoDB PHP library is now available. This library is a high-level abstraction for the mongodb extension.
Release Highlights
New MongoDB\Client::listDatabaseNames and MongoDB\Database::listCollectionNames methods allow enumeration of database and collection names without returning additional metadata. In the case of collection enumeration, this leverages the nameOnly option for listCollections and avoids taking a collection-level lock on the server.
The MongoDB\Operation\Aggregate class now implements the MongoDB\Operation\Explainable interface and can be used with MongoDB\Collection::explain(). This is an alternative to the explain option supported by MongoDB\Collection::aggregate() and allows for more verbose output when explaining aggregation pipelines.
As previously announced, this version drops compatibility with PHP 5.6 and requires PHP 7.0 or newer.
A complete list of resolved issues in this release may be found at:
https://jira.mongodb.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12483&version=29653
Documentation
Documentation for this library may be found at:
Feedback
If you encounter any bugs or issues with this library, please report them via this form:
https://jira.mongodb.org/secure/CreateIssue.jspa?pid=12483&issuetype=1
Installation
This library may be installed or upgraded with:
composer require mongodb/mongodb^1.7.0@RC
Installation instructions for the mongodb extension may be found in the PHP.net documentation.