# MongoClient::getConnections

(PECL mongo >=1.3.0)

MongoClient::getConnections — Return info about all open connections

This extension that defines this method is deprecated. Instead, the MongoDB extension should be used. There is no equivalent for this method in the new extension.

### Description

public static MongoClient::getConnections ( ) : array

Returns an array of all open connections, and information about each of the servers

### Parameters

This function has no parameters.

### Return Values

An array of open connections.

### Examples

Example #1 MongoClient::getConnections() example

`<?php
$m = new MongoClient;
var_dump($m->getConnections());
?>`

The above example will output something similar to:

    array(1) {
      [0]=>
      array(3) {
        ["hash"]=>
        string(26) "localhost:27017;-;X;56052"
        ["server"]=>
        array(3) {
          ["host"]=>
          string(10) "localhost"
          ["port"]=>
          int(27017)
          ["pid"]=>
          int(56052)
        }
        ["connection"]=>
        array(8) {
          ["last_ping"]=>
          int(1354076401)
          ["last_ismaster"]=>
          int(0)
          ["ping_ms"]=>
          int(0)
          ["connection_type"]=>
          int(1)
          ["connection_type_desc"]=>
          string(10) "STANDALONE"
          ["max_bson_size"]=>
          int(16777216)
          ["tag_count"]=>
          int(0)
          ["tags"]=>
          array(0) {
          }
        }
      }
    }