Download and Install

Install dependencies

Before you begin developing, ensure that you have the following dependencies installed on your local machine:

• PHP version 7.4 or later

• Composer version 2.0 or later

Install the MongoDB PHP extension

Run the following command to install the mongodb PHP extension:

sudo pecl install mongodb

Update your PHP configuration file

To enable the mongodb extension in your PHP configuration file, add the following line to the top of your php.ini file:

extension=mongodb.so

php --ini

Create a project directory

From your root directory, run the following command in your shell to create a directory called php-quickstart for this project:

mkdir php-quickstart

Select the tab corresponding to your operating system and run the following commands to create a quickstart.php application file in the php-quickstart directory:

cd php-quickstart
touch quickstart.php

cd php-quickstart
type nul > quickstart.php

Install the MongoDB PHP Library

To install the MongoDB PHP Library, run the following command in your php-quickstart directory:

composer require mongodb/mongodb

After installing the library, include Composer's autoload.php file by adding the following code to the top of your quickstart.php file:

<?php
require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';