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<MongoDB\BSON\toPHPMongoDB\BSON\Document>
^FunctionsLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026

MongoDB\BSON\toRelaxedExtendedJSON

(mongodb >=1.3.0)

MongoDB\BSON\toRelaxedExtendedJSON — Returns the Relaxed Extended JSON representation of a BSON value

Warning

This function has been DEPRECATED as of extension version 1.20.0 and was removed in 2.0. Applications should use MongoDB\BSON\Document::toRelaxedExtendedJSON() instead.

Description

function MongoDB\BSON\toRelaxedExtendedJSON(string $bson): string

Converts a BSON string to its » Relaxed Extended JSON representation. The relaxed format prefers use of JSON type primitives at the expense of type fidelity and is most suited for producing output that can be easily consumed by web APIs and humans.

Parameters

bson (string)

BSON value to be converted.

Return Values

The converted JSON value.

Errors/Exceptions

Changelog

Version Description
PECL mongodb 2.0.0 This function was removed.

Examples

Example #1 MongoDB\BSON\toRelaxedExtendedJSON() example

<?php

$documents = [
    [ 'null' => null ],
    [ 'boolean' => true ],
    [ 'string' => 'foo' ],
    [ 'int32' => 123 ],
    [ 'int64' => 4294967295 ],
    [ 'double' => 1.0, ],
    [ 'nan' => NAN ],
    [ 'pos_inf' => INF ],
    [ 'neg_inf' => -INF ],
    [ 'array' => [ 'foo', 'bar' ]],
    [ 'document' => [ 'foo' => 'bar' ]],
    [ 'oid' => new MongoDB\BSON\ObjectId('56315a7c6118fd1b920270b1') ],
    [ 'dec128' => new MongoDB\BSON\Decimal128('1234.5678') ],
    [ 'binary' => new MongoDB\BSON\Binary('foo', MongoDB\BSON\Binary::TYPE_GENERIC) ],
    [ 'date' => new MongoDB\BSON\UTCDateTime(1445990400000) ],
    [ 'timestamp' => new MongoDB\BSON\Timestamp(1234, 5678) ],
    [ 'regex' => new MongoDB\BSON\Regex('pattern', 'i') ],
    [ 'code' => new MongoDB\BSON\Javascript('function() { return 1; }') ],
    [ 'code_ws' => new MongoDB\BSON\Javascript('function() { return a; }', ['a' => 1]) ],
    [ 'minkey' => new MongoDB\BSON\MinKey ],
    [ 'maxkey' => new MongoDB\BSON\MaxKey ],
];

foreach ($documents as $document) {
    $bson = MongoDB\BSON\fromPHP($document);
    echo MongoDB\BSON\toRelaxedExtendedJSON($bson), "\n";
}

?>

The above example will output:

{ "null" : null }
{ "boolean" : true }
{ "string" : "foo" }
{ "int32" : 123 }
{ "int64" : 4294967295 }
{ "double" : 1.0 }
{ "nan" : { "$numberDouble" : "NaN" } }
{ "pos_inf" : { "$numberDouble" : "Infinity" } }
{ "neg_inf" : { "$numberDouble" : "-Infinity" } }
{ "array" : [ "foo", "bar" ] }
{ "document" : { "foo" : "bar" } }
{ "oid" : { "$oid" : "56315a7c6118fd1b920270b1" } }
{ "dec128" : { "$numberDecimal" : "1234.5678" } }
{ "binary" : { "$binary" : { "base64": "Zm9v", "subType" : "00" } } }
{ "date" : { "$date" : "2015-10-28T00:00:00Z" } }
{ "timestamp" : { "$timestamp" : { "t" : 5678, "i" : 1234 } } }
{ "regex" : { "$regularExpression" : { "pattern" : "pattern", "options" : "i" } } }
{ "code" : { "$code" : "function() { return 1; }" } }
{ "code_ws" : { "$code" : "function() { return a; }", "$scope" : { "a" : 1 } } }
{ "minkey" : { "$minKey" : 1 } }
{ "maxkey" : { "$maxKey" : 1 } }

See Also


<MongoDB\BSON\toPHPMongoDB\BSON\Document>
^FunctionsLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026