# MongoDB\Driver\WriteConcernError::getMessage

(mongodb >=1.0.0)

MongoDB\Driver\WriteConcernError::getMessage — Returns the WriteConcernError's error message

### Description

final public MongoDB\Driver\WriteConcernError::getMessage ( ) : string

### Parameters

This function has no parameters.

### Return Values

Returns the WriteConcernError's error message.

### Errors/Exceptions

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

### Examples

Example #1 MongoDB\Driver\WriteConcernError::getMessage() example

`<?php
$manager = new MongoDB\Driver\Manager("mongodb://rs1.example.com,rs2.example.com/?replicaSet=myReplicaSet");
$bulk = new MongoDB\Driver\BulkWrite;
$bulk->insert(['x' => 1]);
$writeConcern = new MongoDB\Driver\WriteConcern(2, 1);
try {
$manager->executeBulkWrite('db.collection', $bulk, $writeConcern);
} catch(MongoDB\Driver\Exception\BulkWriteException $e) {
var_dump($e->getWriteResult()->getWriteConcernError()->getMessage());
}
?>`

The above example will output something similar to:

    string(33) "waiting for replication timed out"

### See Also

- » Write Concern reference