arangodbarangodb-php

ArangoDB-PHP Collection exists check

I want to make a check if a Collection already exist with ArangoDB-PHP.

$collectionHandler = new CollectionHandler($arango);
$userCollection = new Collection();
$userCollection->setName('_profiles');

Because I get the following error:

Server error: 1207:cannot create collection: duplicate name cannot create collection: duplicate name

How can I check if a collection already exists with ArangoDB-PHP?

Solution

  • I should use try/catch statement

    try { 
    $collectionHandler = new CollectionHandler($arango);
    $userCollection = new Collection();
    $userCollection->setName('_profiles');
    $collectionHandler->create($userCollection);
} catch (ServerException $e) {
    // do something
}