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MongoDB\BSON\Binary::getData	MongoDB\BSON\Binary::getVectorType

MongoDB\BSON\Binary	Last updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026

MongoDB\BSON\Binary::getType

(mongodb >=1.0.0)

MongoDB\BSON\Binary::getType — Returns the Binary's type

Description

final public function MongoDB\BSON\Binary::getType(): int

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns the Binary's type.

Errors/Exceptions

Throws MongoDB\Driver\Exception\InvalidArgumentException on argument parsing errors.

Examples

Example #1 MongoDB\BSON\Binary::getType() example

<?php

$binary = new MongoDB\BSON\Binary('foo', MongoDB\BSON\Binary::TYPE_GENERIC);
var_dump($binary->getType());

?>

The above example will output:

int(0)

See Also

» BSON Types

MongoDB\BSON\Binary::getData	MongoDB\BSON\Binary::getVectorType

MongoDB\BSON\Binary	Last updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026