Fetches the document pointed to by a database reference

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# MongoDB::getDBRef

(PECL mongo >=0.9.0)

MongoDB::getDBRef — Fetches the document pointed to by a database reference

### Description

public array MongoDB::getDBRef ( array `$ref` )

### Parameters

`ref`

  A database reference.

### Return Values

Returns the document pointed to by the reference.

### Examples

Example #1 MongoDB::getDBRef() example

Example demonstrating how to get a database reference and what the expected input is.

`<?php
$ref = array(
'$ref' => 'profiles',
'$id' => new MongoId('47cc67093475061e3d9536d2')
);
$profile = $db->getDBRef($ref);
?>`

See MongoDB::createDBRef() for more information about how to programatically create DB references.

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