# MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference::getModeString

(mongodb >=1.7.0)

MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference::getModeString — Returns the ReadPreference's "mode" option as a string

### Description

final public MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference::getModeString ( ) : string

### Parameters

This function has no parameters.

### Return Values

Returns the ReadPreference's "mode" option as a string.

### Errors/Exceptions

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

### Examples

Example #1 MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference::getModeString() example

`<?php
$rp = new MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference(MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference::PRIMARY);
var_dump($rp->getModeString());
$rp = new MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference(MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference::PRIMARY_PREFERRED);
var_dump($rp->getModeString());
$rp = new MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference(MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference::SECONDARY);
var_dump($rp->getModeString());
$rp = new MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference(MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference::SECONDARY_PREFERRED);
var_dump($rp->getModeString());
$rp = new MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference(MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference::NEAREST);
var_dump($rp->getModeString());
?>`

The above example will output:

    string(7) "primary"
    string(16) "primaryPreferred"
    string(9) "secondary"
    string(18) "secondaryPreferred"
    string(7) "nearest"

### See Also

- MongoDB\Driver\ReadPreference::getMode() - Returns the ReadPreference's "mode" option
- » Read Preference reference