push new value to mongodb inner array - mongodb/php

Question

i have this document in mongo:

{
   \"_id\": ObjectId(\"4d0b9c7a8b012fe287547157\"),
   \"done_by\": [\"1\"]
}

and i want to add another va

Answer 1

Since neither of these answers are actually telling you what's wrong here ...

$conn = new Mongo();
$q = $conn->server->gameQueue;
$id = new MongoId("4d0b9c7a8b012fe287547157");
$q->update(array("_id"=>$id),array('$push' => array("done_by","2")));

There is a problem with your $push statement, you are not pushing "done_by" with a value of "2" you are actually sending "done_by" and "2" ...

Here is the issue ...

array('$push' => array("done_by","2"))

This should have a => not a ,

array('$push' => array("done_by" => "2"))

However, note that every time you run this it will insert another "2" if you want MongoDB to only inset "2" if it doesn't already exist in "done_by" then you should use $addToSet ...

array('$addToSet' => array("done_by" => "2"))

This statement won't add 2 everytime, only the first time.