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MongoDB\\Client::dropDatabase()
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Definition
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.. phpmethod:: MongoDB\\Client::dropDatabase($databaseName, $options)

   Drop a MongoDB database.

   .. code-block:: php

      function dropDatabase($databaseName, array $options [])

   :phpmethod:`MongoDB\\Client::dropDatabase` has the following parameters:

   .. include:: /includes/apiargs/MongoDBClient-method-dropDatabase-param.rst

   ``dropDatabase`` supports the following values for the ``$options`` array:

   .. include:: /includes/apiargs/MongoDBClient-method-dropDatabase-option.rst

Output
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Returns an array or object containing the result document.

Example
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The following example drops the ``demo`` database:

.. code-block:: php

   <?php

   $client = new MongoDB\Client;

   $result = $client->dropDatabase('demo');

   var_dump($result);

The ``dropDatabase`` operation would return an object similar to:

.. code-block:: php

   object(MongoDB\Model\BSONDocument)#8 (1) {
     ["storage":"ArrayObject":private]=>
     array(2) {
       ["dropped"]=>
       string(4) "demo"
       ["ok"]=>
       float(1)
     }
   }

.. seealso::

   - :phpmethod:`MongoDB\\Client::drop`
   - :manual:`dropDatabase() command reference
     </reference/command/dropDatabase>` in the MongoDB manual.