MongoClient, connect with '@' in password

Question

I've been trying to experiment with MongoDb, and when I run the script to connect, it can't because the password uses the @ symbol.

To connect to MongoDb

mongodb://username:password@localhost

But as my password to connect to MongoDb uses the @ symbol, it can't connect due to the @ symbol.

For example;

new MongoClient("mongodb://mongo:p@assword@localhost);

Will throw the following error;

PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'MongoConnectionException' with message 'Failed to connect to: assword!@localhost:27017: Couldn't get host info for assword!@localhost'

As you can see, it thinks the first @ in the password is the seperator for password and host.

Is there a way to connect, and allow the @ symbol in the password when using MongoClient?

Answer 1

http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/mongoclient.construct.php you can pass the username and password as an options array

new MongoClient("mongodb://localhost:27017", array("username" => "joe", "password" => "test"));

Answer 2

You can try by this code. Just pass your input as per dynamic value.

try {
            $m = new MongoClient("mongodb://HOST:" . MNG_PORT, array(
                "username" => MNG_USER,
                "password" => MNG_PWD
            )); // connect local Mongo
            $db = $m->selectDB("DBNAME"); // select DB
            $collection = $db->collections; // connect to collection
        } catch ( MongoConnectionException $e ) {
            echo 'Couldn\'t connect to mongodb, is the "mongo" process running?';
            exit();
        }