1.21.0
The MongoDB team is pleased to announce the release of version 1.21.0 of the MongoDB PHP Library.
This release introduces new features, enhancements, and deprecations in preparation for future improvements. It requires version 1.21.0 of the mongodb PHP extension, and PHP 8.1 or later.
New Features and Enhancements
- Aggregation Builder: Introduces the builder framework to simplify writing aggregation pipelines and query filters.
- Added support for the
sortoption inreplaceOneandupdateOneoperations was added to better control which documents get updated - Method name changes:
selectDatabase()andselectCollectionmethods are renamed togetDatabaseandgetCollection. The old names are deprecated and will be released in 3.0 to give projects ample time to update. - GridFS helpers: Introduces new methods
deleteByName($filename)andrenameByName($filename, $newFilename)to modify all the revisions of a file by its name. - When using array access on
MongoDB\BSON\Documentinstances, integers are now accepted to access numeric keys in a BSON document - Distinct index: The
hintoption is now supported in distinct queries, improving index utilization.
Deprecations
In this release, we also deprecated a number of features in preparation for an upcoming 2.0 release:
- Returned value of database and collection operations without meaningful result is deprecated. The
typeMapoption is deprecated when creating a collection or when dropping collections, databases and indexes. - Negative limit Values: Passing negative values for the limit option in queries is deprecated. Instead, use the
singleBatchoption. - Write Concern and Read Preference Changes: Passing
WriteConcernorReadPreferenceinstances to command execution methods is deprecated. Use thewriteConcernandreadPreferenceoptions instead. - Float Arguments in
UTCDateTime: ConstructingMongoDB\BSON\UTCDateTimewith a float argument is now deprecated.
Fixed bugs
- In Find operation, ensure no cursor is left behind when
limit == batchSize
Compatibility Updates
- MongoDB Extension 1.21: This release requires to update the
mongodbextension to the version 1.21 - PHP 8.1 Required: Support for PHP 7.4 and 8.0 has been dropped. The minimum required version is now PHP 8.1.
- Support for MongoDB 4.0 Deprecated: Future versions will require MongoDB 4.2 or later.
A complete list of resolved issues in this release may be found in JIRA.
Documentation
Documentation for this library may be found in the PHP Library Manual.
Installation
This library may be installed or upgraded with:
composer require mongodb/mongodb:1.21.0
Installation instructions for the mongodb extension may be found in the PHP.net documentation.