How to Install  and configure  PHP MongoDB Driver on Ubuntu 

• Establish a connection to a MongoDB instance from a PHP script using MongoDB\Driver\Manager.
• Supports both local and cloud-based MongoDB server

1. Install Prerequisites

Before installing the PHP MongoDB driver on Ubuntu, ensure that you have the necessary tools and dependencies:

• PHP PHP 7.4 or above
• PHP-dev and other necessary development libraries.

Run the following commands to install the required dependencies:

apt update
apt install php php-cli php-dev php-pear libssl-dev pkg-config

This installs PHP, the PHP development tools, and the required libraries for compiling extensions.

2. Download MongoDB PHP Driver (1.7.4)

You can download the MongoDB PHP driver 1.7.4 directly from the PECL website or use wget to download it.

wget https://pecl.php.net/get/mongodb-1.7.4.tgz

This will download the .tgz archive file of the MongoDB driver.

3. Extract the Driver

Once the file is downloaded, you need to extract it to a directory:

tar -xvzf mongodb-1.7.4.tgz
cd mongodb-1.7.4

4. Prepare for Installation

Before installing the driver, you need to prepare the PHP extension using phpize. This command will set up the environment for compiling the driver:

phpize

This command prepares the necessary files for compilation.

5. Configure the MongoDB Driver

Next, run the ./configure command to check your system and set up the MongoDB extension for your PHP version:

./configure

If everything goes well, the ./configure step will complete without errors. If you encounter any issues, make sure all dependencies were installed properly.

6. Compile and Install the Driver

Now, compile the extension using the make command, then install it with make install:

make
sudo make install

This step compiles and installs the MongoDB driver extension for PHP.

7. Enable the MongoDB Extension

After installation, you need to enable the MongoDB extension in PHP. You do this by editing your php.ini file.

1. Find the location of your php.ini file. You can do this by running the following command:

php --ini

It will show the path to the loaded php.ini file (for example: /etc/php/7.4/cli/php.ini).

2. Open the php.ini file for editing:

vim  /etc/php/7.4/cli/php.ini 

3. Add the following line at the end of the php.ini file to load the MongoDB extension:

extension=mongodb.so

8. Restart PHP or Web Server

After updating php.ini, you need to restart PHP (or your web server if you’re running PHP-FPM or Apache).

If you’re using PHP-FPM:

sudo systemctl restart php8.2-fpm  # Replace 8.2 with your PHP version

If you’re using Apache with mod_php:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

9. Verify the Installation

To ensure the MongoDB extension is correctly installed, you can run:

php -m | grep mongodb

If the installation was successful, this will output mongodb.

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