&reftitle.install;
Installing the MongoDB PHP Extension with PECL
&pecl.info;
&url.pecl.package;mongodb
Linux, Unix, and macOS users may run the following command to install the
extension:
On systems with multiple version of PHP installed (e.g. macOS default,
Homebrew, XAMPP), each version of PHP
will have its own pecl
command and &php.ini; file(s). Additionally, each PHP environments (e.g.
CLI, web) may use separate &php.ini; files.
As of extension version 1.17.0, PECL will prompt for various
configure options. To install the extension with default
options in a non-interactive script, empty string input may be piped to
pecl install using the yes command:
A complete list of supported configure options can be
found in the package.xml file included in the PECL
package. To install the extension with specific configure
options in a non-interactive script, the
--configureoptions option for
pecl install may be used:
By default, installing the extension via PECL will use bundled versions of
libbson,
libmongoc, and
libmongocrypt and attempt to
automatically configure them.
If the build process fails to find an SSL library, check that the
development packages (e.g. libssl-dev) and
pkg-config are both
installed. If that does not resolve the problem, consider using the
manual installation
process.
Finally, add the following line to the &php.ini; file for each environment
that will need to use the extension:
Installing the MongoDB PHP Extension on macOS with Homebrew
Homebrew 1.5.0
deprecated the Homebrew/php tap
and removed formulae for individual PHP extensions. Going forward, macOS
users are advised to install the
php formula
and follow the standard
PECL installation instructions
using the pecl command provided by the
Homebrew PHP installation.
Alternatively, the
shivammathur/extensions tap
provides formulae for individual PHP extensions. For example, to install the
extension for PHP 8.4, run:
Please note that only the latest extension version is available in brew.
Install required dependencies
To ensure that SSL support can be configured correctly, make sure that the
openssl and pkgconf formulae are
installed. If either of these packages are missing, the extension will be
compiled with Secure Transport, which can lead to compatibility issues.
Installing the MongoDB PHP Extension on Windows
Precompiled binaries are attached to the project's
Github releases.
Archives are published for various combinations of PHP version, thread safety
(TS or NTS), and architecture (x86 or x64). Determining the correct archive
for the PHP environment and extract the php_mongodb.dll
file to the extension directory ("ext" by default).
Add the following line to the &php.ini; file for each environment that will
need to use the extension:
Failure to select the correct binary will result in an error when attempting
to load the extension DLL at runtime:
Ensure that the downloaded DLL corresponds to the following PHP runtime
properties:
PHP version (PHP_VERSION)Thread safety (PHP_ZTS)Architecture (PHP_INT_SIZE)
In addition to the aforementioned constants, these properties can also be
inferred from phpinfo. If a system has multiple PHP
runtimes installed, double-check that the phpinfo output
is for the correct environment.
Additional DLL dependencies for Windows Users
&ext.windows.path.dll;
libsasl.dllBuilding the MongoDB PHP Driver from source
For developers and users interested in the latest bugfixes, the extension
may be compiled from the latest source code on
Github. Run the following
commands to clone and build the project:
On systems with multiple version of PHP installed (e.g. macOS default,
Homebrew, XAMPP), each version of PHP
will have its own phpize
command and &php.ini; file(s). Additionally, each PHP environments (e.g.
CLI, web) may use separate &php.ini; files.
By default, the extension will use bundled versions of
libbson,
libmongoc, and
libmongocrypt and
attempt to configure them automatically. If these libraries are already
installed as system libraries, the extension can utilize them by
specifying --with-mongodb-system-libs=yes as an option to
configure.
For a complete list of configure options, run
configure --help.
When using bundled versions of libmongoc and libmongocrypt, the extension
will also attempt to select an SSL library according to the
--with-mongodb-sslconfigure option.
As of extension version 1.17.0, OpenSSL is always preferred by default.
Previously, Secure Transport was the default on macOS and OpenSSL was the
default on all other platforms.
If the build process fails to find an SSL library, check that the
development packages (e.g. libssl-dev) and
pkg-config are both
installed.
When using Homebrew on macOS, it is common for a system to have multiple
versions of OpenSSL installed. To ensure that the desired version of OpenSSL
is selected, the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable may
be used to control the search path for pkg-config.
The final build step, make install, will report where
mongodb.so has been installed, similar to:
Ensure that the extension_dir option
in &php.ini; points to the directory where mongodb.so
was installed. The option may be queried by running:
/usr/lib/php/extensions/debug-non-zts-20220829 =>
/usr/lib/php/extensions/debug-non-zts-20220829
]]>
If the directories differ, either change
extension_dir in &php.ini; or
manually move mongodb.so to the correct directory.
Finally, add the following line to the &php.ini; file for each environment
that will need to use the extension: