Install PHP MongoDB (mongo) Driver on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, UNIX, BSD
PHP MongoDB (Mongo Database) Driver Installation on Linux, UNIX, BSD and Mac OS X
MongoDB PHP driver is very simple install on Linux, UNIX, BSD and Mac OS X. You need just PEAR (PHP Extension and Application Repository) with PECL repository. Normally PHP development (dev) package and PHP Pear package installation from package management system is enough to get PEAR working. Also go-pear.php script can be used.
Check that the PEAR and PECL are working with the following commands:
## Check PEAR ## pear version PEAR Version: 1.9.0 PHP Version: 5.3.1 Zend Engine Version: 2.3.0 Running on: Linux ## Check PECL ## pecl version PEAR Version: 1.9.0 PHP Version: 5.3.1 Zend Engine Version: 2.3.0 Running on: Linux |
Check that Mongo Database Driver found:
pecl search mongo Retrieving data...0% Matched packages, channel pecl.php.net: ======================================= Package Stable/(Latest) Local mongo 1.0.4 (stable) Mongo Database Driver |
Install Mongo Database Driver with following command:
## Normal user ## sudo pecl install mongo ## OR as root ## pecl install mongo downloading mongo-1.0.4.tgz ... Starting to download mongo-1.0.4.tgz (51,006 bytes) .............done: 51,006 bytes 16 source files, building running: phpize Configuring for: PHP Api Version: 20090626 Zend Module Api No: 20090626 Zend Extension Api No: 220090626 building in /var/tmp/pear-build-root/mongo-1.0.4 running: /var/tmp/mongo/configure [...] running: make INSTALL_ROOT="/var/tmp/pear-build-root/install-mongo-1.0.4" install Installing shared extensions: /var/tmp/pear-build-root/install-mongo-1.0.4/usr/lib/php/modules/ running: find "/var/tmp/pear-build-root/install-mongo-1.0.4" | xargs ls -dils 2654249 4 drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 2010-03-05 15:06 /var/tmp/pear-build-root/install-mongo-1.0.4 2654282 4 drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 2010-03-05 15:06 /var/tmp/pear-build-root/install-mongo-1.0.4/usr 2654283 4 drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 2010-03-05 15:06 /var/tmp/pear-build-root/install-mongo-1.0.4/usr/lib 2654284 4 drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 2010-03-05 15:06 /var/tmp/pear-build-root/install-mongo-1.0.4/usr/lib/php 2654285 4 drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 2010-03-05 15:06 /var/tmp/pear-build-root/install-mongo-1.0.4/usr/lib/php/modules 2654281 464 -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 468698 2010-03-05 15:06 /var/tmp/pear-build-root/install-mongo-1.0.4/usr/lib/php/modules/mongo.so Build process completed successfully Installing '/usr/lib/php/modules/mongo.so' install ok: channel://pecl.php.net/mongo-1.0.4 configuration option "php_ini" is not set to php.ini location You should add "extension=mongo.so" to php.ini |
Note: If PECL runs out of memory, set memory_limit in php.ini at least to 32M.
Add extension=mongo.so to php.ini
## Find php.ini example with locate command ## locate php.ini ## Open php.ini with your favourite text editor (as root) ## nano -w /etc/php.ini ## Add following lines, end of php.ini file ## # MongoDB Driver extension=mongo.so |
Restart Web Server (as root)
## Example ## /etc/init.d/apache2 restart ## OR ## /etc/init.d/httpd restart |
And now you are ready to use MongoDB with PHP.
PHP MongoDB (Mongo Database) Driver Installation on Windows
Download MongoDB Windows driver package:
PHP 5.3 VC9 Thread-Safe Mongo extension
PHP 5.3 VC9 Non-Thread-Safe Mongo extension
Need more download options? Check out this and this.
Then unzip package.
copy php_mongo.dll in your PHP extension directory (which is “ext” by default).
Finally restart web server and then you are ready to use MongoDB with PHP on Windows.
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Thanks Dude!
Don’t you have to add extension=php_mongo.dll in your php.ini file as well?
I forgot to specify: for Windows install.
Hi Adrian,
Yes you are right. I update this guide soon. :)
No problem. As an aside, I have an issue trying to run MongoDB as a service on Windows Server 2008 x64. I used the built in install: “mongod -install” It goes through successfully but it fails to start the service. It seems to get stuck in an infinite loop, starting, restarting. Have you come across this? I ended up having to right a start-up script that starts the mongo database manually. However, this requires a user to be logged in at all times, which will be an issue in a system crash/restart.
Sorry, but I have not tried MongoDB server on Windows. Please check if following guides helps:
MongoDB Quickstart Windows
MongoDB Windows Service
Another thing to remember is to check where your mongo.so file is. Do a simple:
locate mongo.soand verify the location of your mongo.so file is the same as your php extension folder. I just got done pulling out my hair for about a week with that error.