Installing on *NIX

Run:

$ sudo pecl install mongo

If you are using CentOS or Redhat, Csoke Arpad created » RPMs for these distributions.

Add the following line to your php.ini file:

extension=mongo.so

If pecl runs out of memory while installing, make sure memory_limit in php.ini is set to at least 32MB.

Manual Installation

For driver developers and people interested in the latest bugfixes, you can compile the driver from the latest source code on » Github. Go to Github and click the "download" button. Then run:

$ tar zxvf mongodb-mongodb-php-driver-<commit_id>.tar.gz
$ cd mongodb-mongodb-php-driver-<commit_id>
$ phpize
$ ./configure
$ sudo make install

Make the following changes to php.ini:

• Make sure the extension_dir variable is pointing to the location of mongo.so. The build will display where it is installing the PHP driver with output that looks something like:

  
        Installing '/usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-zts-20060613/mongo.so'
  
  

  Make sure that it is the same as the PHP extension directory by runnning:

  
        $ php -i | grep extension_dir
          extension_dir => /usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-zts-20060613 =>
        /usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-zts-20060613  
  
  

  If it's not, change the extension_dir in php.ini or move mongo.so.

• To load the extension on PHP startup, add a line:

  
        extension=mongo.so
  
  

sudo /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/pecl install mongo

      extension=mongo.so

$ sudo emerge -va dev-php5/mongo

$ phpize && aclocal && autoconf && ./configure && make && make install

$ /usr/sbin/setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect 1 

Installing on Windows

Precompiled binaries for each release are available from » Github for a variety of combinations of versions, thread safety, and VC libraries. Unzip the archive and put php_mongo.dll in your PHP extension directory ("ext" by default).

The latest (non-release) code is compiled into Windows binaries on every commit. The zip consists of a .zip with php_mongo.dll and a version.txt. Please keep the version.txt around so that if you have a question or problem, you can give the developers the exact version you're using. (The number is long and nonsensical, but it will make sense to the developers!)

To get the latest bug fixes (and possibly bugs), download the binary corresponding to the PHP you have installed:

• »  PHP 5.2 VC6 Non-Thread-Safe Mongo extension

• »  PHP 5.2 VC6 Thread-Safe Mongo extension

• »  PHP 5.3 VC6 Non-Thread-Safe Mongo extension

• »  PHP 5.3 VC6 Thread-Safe Mongo extension

• »  PHP 5.3 VC8 Non-Thread-Safe Mongo extension

• »  PHP 5.3 VC8 Thread-Safe Mongo extension

• »  PHP 5.3 VC9 Non-Thread-Safe Mongo extension

• »  PHP 5.3 VC9 Thread-Safe Mongo extension

Add the following line to your php.ini file:

extension=php_mongo.dll

Third-Party Installation Instructions

A number of people have created excellent tutorials on installing the PHP driver.

• »  PHP 5.3.1 with Xdebug, MongoDB and Lithium on Ubuntu 9.10 / Apache 2.2

  An excellent video that takes you step-by-step through installing Apache, PHP, Xdebug, MongoDB, and Lithium by Jon Adams.

• »  Installing MongoDB and the PHP driver on Ubuntu 9.04

  Spanish article by Javier Aranda (»  English translation).

• »  OS X: Installing MongoDB and the PHP Mongo Driver

  By Matt Butcher.