Manually Installing the MongoDB PHP Driver

For driver developers and people interested in the latest bugfixes, you can compile the driver from the latest source code on » Github. Run the following commands to clone and build the project:

$ git clone https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-php-driver.git
$ cd mongo-php-driver
$ git submodule sync && git submodule update --init
$ phpize
$ ./configure
$ make all -j 5
$ sudo make install

Note: By default, the driver will use bundled versions of » libbson and » libmongoc and rely on PHP to find OpenSSL (i.e. PHP_SETUP_OPENSSL). If the build process fails to find OpenSSL, check that the OpenSSL development package (e.g. libssl-dev) and » pkg-config are both installed.

The last step will report where mongodb.so has been installed, similar to:

Installing shared extensions:     /usr/lib/php/extensions/debug-non-zts-20151012/

Ensure that the extension_dir option in php.ini points to the directory where mongodb.so was installed. You can query the option by running:

$ php -i | grep extension_dir
  extension_dir => /usr/lib/php/extensions/debug-non-zts-20151012 =>
                   /usr/lib/php/extensions/debug-non-zts-20151012

If the directories differ, either change extension_dir in php.ini or manually move mongodb.so to the correct directory.

Add the following line to your php.ini file:

extension=mongodb.so

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chatocoral at gmail dot com
7 years ago
You think this is to complicated? You use Ubuntu 14 or 16? use this:

sudo apt-get install php-mongodb

This installs everything you need to use MongoDB inside PHP.

Don't stop using MongoDB, is the best that will happen to you.

You're Welcome.
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fgm at osinet dot fr
8 years ago
a) If your git version is not recent enough, as can happen e.g. on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, git submodule --init won't exist
In that case use:

    git submodule init
    git submodule update

b) make install does not create a mongodb.conf configuration file to support the debian/ubuntu PHP versions phpenmod/phpdismod commands. To have them work:

- do not add the extension=mongodb.so line to php.ini
- add it to a mongodb.ini file in the PHP mods-available directory
- the commands will then work for this extension

c) if you have multiple versions of PHP on a system such as b), the phpenmod/phpdismod commands may fail if the extension is not built for the default PHP CLI version. To have it be enabled for a specific version, use the -v argument, like

    phpenmod -v php7.1 mongodb
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Anisur Rahman (anisur2805 at gmail dot com)
4 years ago
After installing mongodb, in terminal there are couple of error ex.

PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'mongodb.so' (tried: C:\xampp\php\ext\mongodb.so (The specified module could not be found.), C:\xampp\php\ext\php_mongodb.so.dll (The specified module could not be found.)) in Unknown on line 0

Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'mongodb.so' (tried: C:\xampp\php\ext\mongodb.so (The specified module could not be found.), C:\xampp\php\ext\php_mongodb.so.dll (The specified module could not be found.)) in Unknown on line 0

https://prnt.sc/ubr5mq

Solution:
1. If you include mongodb extension in php.ini file first remove that
2. Goto your php path inside Xampp and create an file called mongodb.ini and pest this below line, see ss - https://prnt.sc/ubr7ii
code extension=mongodb.so

This solution works in windows 10, php 7.4 version
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