Query builder support for $text operator in MongoDB 2.6

[jmikola]

http://docs.mongodb.org/master/reference/operator/query/text/#op._S_text

Prior to 2.6, text search is achieved via the text database command. We will not add special support for that.

[kriswallsmith]

👍

Do you have a workaround in the meantime?

[kriswallsmith]

Answering my own question…

$expr = $builder->expr()->operator('$text', array(
    '$search'   => $query,
    '$language' => 'en', // or one of those other languages
));

$builder->field(null)->equals($expr->getQuery());

If you get the following error, you are probably missing the ->field(null) part…

Can't canonicalize query: BadValue unknown operator: $text

[snc]

It looks like $builder->field(null)->... clears the previous added fields, so this should be the first one if you have more fields in your query.