Example usage of extending the Base_Mongo class. Read more here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/class.mongocollection.php

gistfile1.php

<?php

class MessageStorage extends Base_Mongo
{
  protected $_database = 'some_database';
  // this attribute must be defined
  protected $_table = 'some_table';
  
  // this is a hook into the constructor, if you want to add your own constructor, make sure you call parent::__construct() first
  public function init()
  {
    // some code
  }
}

$m = new MessageStorage();
$record = array('foo' => 'bar');
$m->insert($record);

util::debug($record);
?>