MongoDB in PHP - How do I insert items into an array in a collection?

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This has to be easy, but i can't seem to figure it out... Let say i had a collection users and this is the first item in the collection:

{ 
    "_id" : ObjectId("4d8653c027d02a6437bc89ca"), 
    "name" : "Oscar Godson", 
    "email" : "[email protected]", 
    "password" : "xxxxxx", 
    "tasks" : [
    {
        "task" : "pick up stuff",
        "comment" : "the one stuff over there"
    },
    {
        "task" : "do more stuff",
        "comment" : "lots and lots of stuff"
    }
] }

How with the PHP driver for MongoDB would I then go and add another "task" to the "tasks" array in this item in a collection

Pablo · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-20 19:43:14Z

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Use Mongo's $push operation:

$new_task = array(
  "task" => "do even more stuff",
  "comment" => "this is the new task added"
);
$collection->update(
  array("_id" => ObjectId("4d8653c027d02a6437bc89ca")), 
  array('$push' => array("tasks" => $new_task))
);

answered Mar 20, 2011 at 19:43

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pitchblack408 Over a year ago

The question should be... How do I add items to an array in an existing document? Inserting a document with an array is not done with a $push because a $push is an update operator. Do you know how that is done with the newer version of the php MongoDB API?

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