Install MongoDB with PHP on Fedora

MongoDB is an open-source database used by companies of all sizes, across all industries and for a wide variety of applications. It is an agile database that allows schemas to change quickly as applications evolve, while still providing the functionality developers expect from traditional databases, such as secondary indexes, a full query language and strict consistency.

This tutorial looks into how to install latest MongoDB with PHP on Fedora.

Create a /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb.repo file:

vi /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb.repo

If you are running a 64-bit system, use the following configuration:

[mongodb]
name=MongoDB Repository
baseurl=http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/redhat/os/x86_64/
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1

else for 32-bit system, use:

[mongodb]
name=MongoDB Repository
baseurl=http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/redhat/os/i686/
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1

To install the latest stable version of MongoDB, issue the following command:

yum install -y mongodb-org

Install php,mongo driver:

pecl install mongo

create a mongo (php) ini

vi /etc/php.d/mongo.ini

And include the driver:

extension=mongo.so

Enable mongod on startup

systemctl enable mongod

start mongod:

service mongod start

Open mongo client to test.

mongo

create database test:

use test

Lets do an insert:

db.collection1.insert({"name":"desc"})

And lets do an query:

db.collection1.find();

Lets proceed with using mongodb in php. Restart php-fpm:

systemctl restart php-fpm.service

We shell create a php script:

<?php
$connection = new Mongo();
$dbname = $connection->selectDB('test');
$collection = $dbname->collection1;
$arr = array(
        'name' => 'MongoDB',
        'desc' => 'MongoDB is a document database.'
);
$collection->insert($arr);
$result = $collection->find();
foreach ($result as $document) {
        echo $document["name"]."\n";
        echo $document["desc"]."\n";
}
?>

You can run above script in web server or just run:

php test_mongo.php