php - Solution to use limit in mongodb find without using MongoCursor->limit()?

Question

I work with mongodb and i have a simple request to do. I use "find" and i want to limit the result it gets. I have seen the functions "skip" and "limit" of MongoCursor but i want to use the $limit and $skip properties in the query and not with the cursor to limit the data returned.

In the mongodb documentation that seems possible but my request return nothing if I try like this :

$myMongoDB->myCollection->find(array('type' => 'test', '$limit' => 10);

Or :

$myMongoDB->myCollection->find(array('$query' => array('type' => 'test'), '$limit' => 10);

Anyone could help me to see what i do wrong ?

Thank's for help.

PS : and sorry for the quality of my english...

Answer 1

I have no idea why you want to do this however:

$cursor = $collection->find(array('type' => 'test'));
$cursor->addOption( '$maxScan', 10 ); 

$maxScan is $limit and $orderby is $sort.

Reference: http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query-modifier/