From c9ebbbdf89e643d7510b9f1638d157c748a20db9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Mikola <jmikola@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 15:34:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] PHPLIB-89: String getters for Database and Collection classes

---
 src/Collection.php | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/Database.php   | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Collection.php b/src/Collection.php
index 0c3d1f036..a3cddee23 100644
--- a/src/Collection.php
+++ b/src/Collection.php
@@ -69,6 +69,16 @@ public function __construct(Manager $manager, $namespace, WriteConcern $writeCon
         list($this->dbname, $this->collname) = explode(".", $namespace, 2);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return the collection namespace.
+     *
+     * @param string
+     */
+    public function __toString()
+    {
+        return $this->ns;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Runs an aggregation framework pipeline
      *
@@ -629,7 +639,7 @@ public function getBulkOptions()
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the CollectionName this object operates on
+     * Return the collection name.
      *
      * @return string
      */
@@ -677,7 +687,7 @@ public function getCountOptions()
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns the DatabaseName this object operates on
+     * Return the database name.
      *
      * @return string
      */
@@ -931,6 +941,17 @@ public function getFindOptions()
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return the collection namespace.
+     *
+     * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/faq/developers/#faq-dev-namespace
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getNamespace()
+    {
+        return $this->ns;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Retrieves all Write options with their default values.
      *
diff --git a/src/Database.php b/src/Database.php
index b50a9ea48..8ca8d11c4 100644
--- a/src/Database.php
+++ b/src/Database.php
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ public function __construct(Manager $manager, $databaseName, WriteConcern $write
         $this->readPreference = $readPreference;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Return the database name.
+     *
+     * @param string
+     */
+    public function __toString()
+    {
+        return $this->databaseName;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Create a new collection explicitly.
      *
@@ -89,6 +99,16 @@ public function dropCollection($collectionName)
         return $this->manager->executeCommand($this->databaseName, $command, $readPreference);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the database name.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getDatabaseName()
+    {
+        return $this->databaseName;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns information for all collections in this database.
      *