An object that can be used to store or retrieve binary data from the database.

The maximum size of a single object that can be inserted into the database is 16MB. For data that is larger than this (movies, music, Henry Kissinger's autobiography), use MongoGridFS. For data that is smaller than 16MB, you may find it easier to embed it within the document using MongoBinData.

For example, to embed an image in a document, one could write:

<?php

$profile = array(
    "username" => "foobity",
    "pic" => new MongoBinData(file_get_contents("gravatar.jpg"), MongoBinData::GENERIC),
);

$users->save($profile);

?>