This is a hands-on introduction to MongoDB for PHP developers. This 1 day training covers the basic concepts of MongoDB, communicating to MongoDB via the Mongo Console and PHP MongoDB drivers, schema design, performance and Doctrine ODM.

Training topics

• Introduction to MongoDB (1h)
  • What is MongoDB and where does it stand in the noSQL landscape
  • Differences with a relational database approach
  • J/BSON and JSON in Depth
  • Installation of MongoDB and some helpful tools for managing and operating the server
  • Mongo Shell usage, with examples
  • Schemaless design, through the shell
• Basic usage (2h)
  • Inserting data, things to keep in mind
  • Querying what's in the database & the use of criteria and cursors
  • Updating & removing selected documents
  • Exploring The Mongo PHP extension, talk to Mongo with PHP
• Schema design (2h)
  • Denormalization revisited, some considerations to keep in mind
  • Embedding and the impact on relations with contstaints and the use of transactions
  • Different kinds of Indexes explained
  • Mongo PHP extension and Indexes
• Doctrine ODM (2h)
  • Mapping data to PHP classes: modelling and persistence
  • CRUD operations with ODM
  • Querying with the Doctrine ODM