MongoDB Laravel Integration Now Officially Supported

Rishabh Bisht
November 6, 2023 | Updated: February 1, 2024

We are excited to share that MongoDB has taken over development of the community-driven MongoDB integration for Laravel framework, making it a first-class citizen in our product portfolio.

Formerly known as jenssegers/laravel-mongodb, the library delivers a seamless experience for the PHP developers using MongoDB by extending Eloquent, Laravel’s built-in ORM, adding functionalities like Eloquent models, query builder, and transactions. As many in the Laravel community must be aware, the library was in need of a higher degree of support and investment; users have been requesting ongoing maintenance and updates, and we've heard you loud and clear. We understand the importance of an official, robust, and well-maintained library that integrates seamlessly with Laravel. With MongoDB taking over the library, you can expect regular updates with improvements to the functionality, bug fixes, and compatibility with most recent Laravel and MongoDB releases.

We are strongly committed to our PHP Laravel community, providing you with the tools to have a modern and elegant developer experience with MongoDB. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the development of the library as we highly value community contribution and engagement.

To use MongoDB with Laravel framework, check out the latest release of this library, which added support for Laravel 10 - Laravel MongoDB 4.0.0. If you’re just getting started with MongoDB PHP projects, we have a tutorial on how to build a Laravel + MongoDB back end service and documentation for the library. Give it a try today and let us know what you think! Please report any ideas, bugs, or feedback in the PHPORM JIRA project.

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Darwinbox Scales Up and Out with MongoDB

Tech startup Darwinbox has seen exponential growth since its first line of code was written in 2015. Today, the HR Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform handles all employee interactions from recruitment to retirement, is present in 116 countries, and has over 850 customers and more than 2.2 million daily users. What’s more, Darwinbox has been recognized as the number one human capital management (HCM) solution by Gartner and secured investor backing from such big-name players as Sequoia, TCB, Salesforce, and Lightspeed. "The journey," says Shailendra Gupta, Director of Engineering at Darwinbox – with zero understatement – "has been fantastic." Shailendra and colleague, Brahma Prakash Chary Deegutla, Senior Director – Engineering, Product Development at Darwinbox presented at MongoDB.local Delhi where they shared more of that "fantastic journey" and how MongoDB fits into it. On top of Darwinbox sits a robust framework that gives HR leaders a holistic view of employees and the organization. An AI-powered chatbot provides a single interface whereby employees can interact with the system. If someone wants to request leave, access travel policy documents, or submit expenses–whatever the HR representative needs –the chatbot can help meet it, 24/7. With 2.2 million plus employees accessing the portal the volume of data generated is massive; over 250TB of data is in the system. While the pace at which Darwinbox is growing into different geographies leads to an even greater increase in data volumes and users, prompting this ambitious tech company to ask; "How do we address the data locality, and how do we address scaling?" "The answer," says Brahma, "is MongoDB." Given the multidimensional nature of the data and the scale at which it’s growing, Darwinbox needed, "A flexible schema, good scalability, robust security, and documents-based storage–and all this comes as a package with MongoDB Atlas ." "MongoDB, a document-search, document-based database, with capabilities for the aggregation framework, delivers amazing performance and it’s helping us provide near real-time insights to HR leaders." Before MongoDB Atlas, provisioning and managing the instances had to be done by the Darwinbox team; setting up configurations, upgrades, monitoring, backups, and restorations were all done internally – consuming considerable time and human resources. "With MongoDB Atlas, all these problems are solved" says Shailendra, "The architecture is lean, the search facility is quick, the managed service is amazing." And the flexibility afforded by MongoDB brings added value to a fast-growing and changing company. "MongoDB makes it very easy to adapt for any new changes or customizations," says Brahma. "MongoDB has become an integral part of our infrastructure," he adds, "enabling us for our growth expansion and business operations."

November 6, 2023
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Driven by Values: One Account Executive’s Journey into Personal and Professional Growth

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Hear from Adam, Enterprise Account Executive and member of the MongoDB AAPI employee resource group, as he shares about his role at MongoDB, the importance of living company values, and how MongoDB has contributed to his personal and professional growth. My journey into tech I grew up as a first-generation Asian American in a town outside of San Diego. While San Diego is not traditionally known for being diverse, I’m fortunate that my town always felt relatively progressive and welcoming. The biggest challenges were the ones that existed in our own home and the career and life expectations that had been set for me as a first-generation child. My parents pushed me towards pursuing a career in medicine at a young age and invested in my education as a pre-med student. When they learned that I was shifting my career toward tech sales as an adult, it was difficult for them to digest and understand. Looking back, while non-conventional for backgrounds of tech sellers, pre-med did, in fact, set me up for success when learning an extremely technical product with a complex sales cycle. I started exploring an opportunity at MongoDB after hearing about the unique sales program and significant investment in employee growth. The hiring manager dove into my background and discussed what personally drove me, showing me how much MongoDB wants to ensure a mutually beneficial fit. I joined MongoDB, working in new logo acquisition, moved into enterprise, and am now part of a global strategic team working with one of our largest customers. I’m selling the entire suite of MongoDB’s offerings: Enterprise Advanced , Atlas (our fully managed database), and, most recently, Atlas as a Vector database powering and scaling GenAI initiatives. As I look towards the rest of this year, I have never felt more empowered to bring our expertise and technology to customers as true partners, helping them accelerate their C-level initiatives and drive meaningful impact within their organizations and to their customers. MongoDB Atlas is perfectly positioned and differentiated to support gen AI projects at scale, all within a unified developer data platform. Find a company that lives its values One of MongoDB's company values is to Be Intellectually Honest . We are encouraged to share our perspectives, even if some folks disagree, while also being open-minded to alternative perspectives so that we can all grow towards our goals together. Everyone is open to collaboration when asked, all the way up to our executive leadership. I regularly meet with both my peers and skip levels, and have never felt blocked when it made sense to connect with our executives. I remember a time early on when I was feeling overwhelmed on how to best approach breaking into an account. After working with my leader, they acknowledged my efforts in certain areas, but also quickly identified opportunities that I had completely overlooked based on my own bias within the account. With additional suggestions on how to pursue those opportunities, I was able to quickly feel comfortable with a refreshed approach and landed the first deal. Another core value at MongoDB is to Embrace the Power of Differences . One of the things I’ve appreciated greatly at MongoDB is leadership’s intentionality in creating a diverse environment and emphasizing the importance of pursuing that as an organization. Making sure that everyone feels valued, heard, and treated with respect is an absolute top priority for leaders. Finally, Build Together is a value I live every single day. On a daily basis I work with our wider sales ecosystem who help scale the sales team’s efforts and support our success. Sales Development Representatives help me scale my reach to engage individuals and teams I may have overlooked. Solutions Architects are key in pulling technical expertise from our 50k+ customers and highlighting why they chose MongoDB to accelerate innovation. Customer Success Managers are instrumental in connecting external stakeholders with our internal SMEs and thought leaders to help execute ideas. Deal Strategy and Legal support through complex close cycles, ensuring the fastest, best outcome for all parties involved. Each of these teams are experts in their own domain and are critical parts of both the pre-sales and post-sales process to ensure our teams and customers are as successful as possible. A key component of this is communication, prep, and respect for each other's roles to help drive efficiency throughout the process. A focus on personal and professional growth Throughout my time at MongoDB, I’ve been challenged to learn a complex technology while working with some of the smartest people in the industry. I am regularly humbled by the team we have and the engineers we work with. Everything I’ve learned from them has helped me sharpen my skills and advance my career. As I reflect on Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, I encourage fellow salespeople from the AAPI community to ask for help early and often, whether it’s questions about technology, growth opportunities, or customer engagement. While it may feel intimidating at first, especially earlier on in your career, if you’re at the right organization, you should feel empowered to be vulnerable and supported in your own growth. I’d also recommend finding a network or community with a variety of skill sets and experience to learn from. Doing so has allowed me to gain different perspectives and continue growing personally and professionally. Our sales ecosystem is growing globally. Join our talent community to stay informed about MongoDB culture content and career opportunities.

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