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How to retrieve MongoBinData to a string in PHP?

I have successfully stored an image into a MongoDB database, since it is stored as a Base64 type information; I want to retrieve that BinData to a string. How do I do that? Here I am finding my document using input 'Email'.

<?php

$m = new MongoClient();
$db = $m->mydb2->mycol2;

$result = $db->find(array('Email'=>$em));

foreach( $result as $key){
        $susername = $key['Email'];
        $imagebody = $key['pic'];   
    }
echo $imagebody;

?>

EDIT:

As Haresh has said

$imagebody = $key['pic']->bin

works perfectly. But it returns me something like Raw data but if I write this

$imagebody = base64_encode($key['pic']->bin);

then it returns me exact Base64 format.

Solution

  • According to Documentation

    To access the contents of a MongoBinData, use the bin field which return the string Mongo Binary Data

    So Try this:

    $imagebody = $key['pic']->bin

    Hope this works for you.