How to query mongodb Date using php

Question

I need to convert this query from php to mongoDB query

$query = \"select * from table where data_added like \'%data%\';

I have date stored

Answer 1

You need to do a range query. Create a timestamp, for example using strtotime(), to get the unix timestamp at the start of the day, and another one and the end of the day.

Depending on if you want these two ends inclusive or exclusive, you then use

// Both points/seconds inclusive
->find(array("date" => array('$gte' => $startOfDay, '$lte' => $endOfDay)));
// Both seconds exclusive
->find(array("date" => array('$gt' => $startOfDay, '$lt' => $endOfDay)));

See http://cookbook.mongodb.org/patterns/date_range/