How to lookup data in MongoDB using PHP?

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To lookup data in MongoDB using PHP, you can use the following steps:

1. Install MongoDB PHP driver: You need to install the MongoDB PHP driver on your server to connect with MongoDB database using PHP. You can find the installation guide on the official MongoDB website.
2. Connect to MongoDB database: After installing the MongoDB PHP driver, you can connect to the MongoDB database using PHP MongoClient class as follows:

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$client = new MongoClient();
$db = $client->database_name;
$collection = $db->collection_name;

1. Lookup data: Once you are connected to the database, you can use find() method to lookup data from the collection as follows:

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$cursor = $collection->find(array('key' => 'value'));

Here, the find() method returns a cursor object that you can use to iterate through the results. You can also use various options such as sort(), limit(), skip() etc. to filter the results.

1. Display the data: Finally, you can display the data as follows:

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foreach ($cursor as $document) {
  // Do something with the document
}

Here, $document is an array containing the data from the database. You can access the data using the array keys.

That's it! These are the basic steps to lookup data in MongoDB using PHP.