Configure Your MongoDB Connection

Configure the application environment variable file

Copy the .env.example file to a file named .env in the project root directory by running the following shell command:

cp .env.example .env

Open the .env file and add or edit the following variables and values. Replace the <connection string> placeholder with your connection string from the Create a Connection String step:

DB_CONNECTION=mongodb
DB_URI="<connection string>"

For example, if your connection string is "mongodb+srv://myUser:myPass123@mongo0.example.com/", your DB_URI variable matches the following line:

DB_URI="mongodb+srv://myUser:myPass123@mongo0.example.com/"

Note

Make sure these variables in your .env file are undefined in the shell in which you run your application. Environment variables in the shell take precedence over the ones in the .env file.

Set the connection string in the database configuration

Open the database.php file in the config directory and set the default database connection to the DB_CONNECTION environment variable as shown in the following line:

'default' => env('DB_CONNECTION'),

Add the following highlighted mongodb entry to the connections array in the same file:

'connections' => [
  'mongodb' => [
    'driver' => 'mongodb',
    'dsn' => env('DB_URI'),
    'database' => 'sample_mflix',
  ],
// ...

Add the Laravel MongoDB provider

Open the providers.php file in the bootstrap directory and add the following entry into the array:

MongoDB\Laravel\MongoDBServiceProvider::class,

Tip

To learn how to register the provider in Laravel 10.x, see Registering Providers.

After completing these steps, your Laravel web application is ready to connect to MongoDB.

Note

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