MongoDB, find items matching the term “a” & $nin

Question

i'm trying, to figure out how can i make this query work in mongodb.

This is the query i'm trying to do ( "translated" to mysql )

SELECT title FROM artists WHERE name LIKE "%a%" AND id NOT IN(1, 2)

The try in mongoDB

$term = new MongoRegex('/^a/i')l;

$not = array('$nin' => array('_id' => array('1', '2')));

1. $artists->find(array('name' => $term), $not);
2. $artists->find(array('name' => $term, $not)) ;

how can i make this work as expected, right now it returns null

Answer 1

Here is a solution for mongodb

db.artists.find({
   "name" : /a/,
   "id" : {
        "$nin" : [1,2]
   }
})

just by writing each {} as an array, you will get the answer for php