PHP & MongoDB - Environment Setup

Install MongoDB database

Follow the MongoDB installation steps using MongoDB - Environment Setup

Install PHP

Follow the PHP installation steps using PHP 7 - Environment Setup

PHP MongoDB Driver

To use MongoDB with PHP, you need to use MongoDB PHP driver. Download the driver from the url Download PHP Driver. Make sure to download the latest release of it. Now unzip the archive and put php_mongo.dll in your PHP extension directory ("ext" by default) and add the following line to your php.ini file −

extension = php_mongo.dll

In case of Windows, make sure libsasl.dll is in the windows's PATH. This dll is available in PHP installation directory.