MongoDb PHP driver installation issue on wamp

Question

I have php of version 5.5.12 and wamp version 2.4.9 and PHP Extension Build as API20121212,TS,VC11 . I am using this dll 'php_mongo-1.5.5-5.5-vc11.dll' (renamed to php_mongo) but still when i restart my all services mongo db is not displaying on phpinfo().Any pointer where m i going wrong ?

Answer 1

first of all you have to download the latest mongo dll files from
https://s3.amazonaws.com/drivers.mongodb.org/php/index.html
unzip the downloaded file and you will see a bunch of files like this:

now it is time to decide which dll file you have to use.
open your phpinfo() and search for word compiler. you will see sth like this:

so now according to my compiler version (MSVC11) I have to choose file with vc11 word inside their name. according to my PHP version which is 5.5.12 I have to choose file with word 5.5 inside their name.
now search for word thread safety in your phpinfo

and if it was enabled, it means that you have to choose file that doesn't have word nts inside their name but if your thread safety was disabled then you need to choose file with word nts inside their name.
now according to your installation architecture you may choose files with x86_64 inside their name.
after choosing the appropriate dll file, rename it to php_mongo.dll and copy paste it to your php extensions directory which is mostly located at C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.5.12\ext
now open your php.ini file and add this at the end of it.
extension=php_mongo.dll
according to
http://php.net/manual/en/mongo.installation.php
for installing mongo on windows, you have to also include libsasl.dll in your system PATH.
libsasl.dll file is mostly located at
C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.5.12
add this path to your system PATH.
reboot your wamp, refresh your phpinfo page and you should see sth like this:
which means that you have installed mongo correctly. :)

Answer 2

I have never used MONGO, but I was interested to see if there where problems using it with WAMPServer so I did a quick install to prove it shoud work, and it does.

Here is a list of what I did, I hope it helps you work out what you may have done wrong.

First you have to download the Mongo Database manager itself and install it. Download from https://www.mongodb.org/downloads

Updated Aug 2019: Download from here now

So you can place the software yourself I would download the ZIP and NOT the .MSI this way you dont get your system messed with by the .msi developer and what they think should be done to your system and you are in complete control.

Download the 32bit or 64 bit version to match your OS and WampServer(32/64) version you are running.

Now the Install is just a case of extracting the files from the zip and placing them somewhere on your system. I suggest :-

Copy the bin folder from the extract to c:\wamp\bin\mongo\mongox.y.z ( x.y.z to match the version of mongo you downloaded).

Create a data folder under that folder, so c:\wamp\bin\mongo\mongox.y.z\data Create a data folder for your first database under that folder, so \wamp\bin\mongo\mongox.y.z\data\db

Create a config file for mongo in c:\wamp\bin\mongo\mongox.y.z\mongod.cfg and add as a minimum these parameter :-

NOTE: these are just params that will get it running, NOT A DEFINITIVE SET OF PARAMETERS!

systemLog:
  destination: file
  path: "c:/wamp/logs/mongod.log"
  logAppend: true
  timeStampFormat: iso8601-local

net:
  bindIp: 127.0.0.1
  port: 27017

storage:
  dbPath: "c:/wamp/bin/mongo/mongo2.6.6/data"
  directoryPerDB: true

Now if you want to have mongodb running as a service create a command file like so in the C:\wamp\bin\mongo\mongox.y.z folder :-

Filename = install_service.cmd

mongod.exe --config "c:\wamp\bin\mongo\mongo2.6.6\mongod.cfg" --install --serviceName wampmongodb --serviceDisplayName wampmongodb
sc config wampmongodb start= demand

The space between start= and demand is required, not a typo

For completeness also create an uninstall file :-

Filename = uninstall_service.cmd

mongod.exe --remove --serviceName wampmongodb

Now create 2 command files to start and stop your mongodb instance

Filename = start_mongo.cmd

net start wampmongodb

Filename = stop_mongo.cmd

net stop wampmongodb

Now start a command window using (Run as Administrator) and use these command files to install and start your MONGODB Server

CD \wamp\bin\mongo\mongox.y.z
#Install MONGO as a service
install_service
#Start the service
start_mongo

Now check the c:\wamp\logs folder and make sure there are no errors reported in the mongod.log file

While still in the command window, check that mongo is running by trying a few simple commands Use the instructions here http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/getting-started/ to prove that it is all working.

NOW ADD THE PHP Extension

Download from 'http://pecl.php.net/package/mongo'

Select the version you want and click the Windows icon with the word DLL beside it, in the 'Downloads' column.

This will take you to the download page for that version of the MONGO PHP extension.

You should now select the download link that matches the version of the MONGO extension you want, and the matching (x86) for 32bit WAMPServer installs or (x64) for 64bit WAMPServer installs.

You must click the 'DLL' link otherwise you will get a unix/linux source code.

Remember you must match the 32 or 64 bit to the version of WAMPServer you downloaded

So if you are running Windows 64bit but installed WAMPServer 32bit you need the 32bit version of the MONGO extension.

Also remember that you need the Thread Safe version (TS) to run with WAMPServer's Apache configuration.

Extract the zip file, and copy php_mongo.dll to your PHP folder eg C:\wamp\bin\php\phpx.y.z\ext

Edit your php.ini file to add the new extension. To use Mongo with your web server (Apache) use the wampmanager menus to edit php.ini i.e.

wampmanager -> PHP -> php.ini

and add this line after all the other extension lines

extension=php_mongo.dll

To use mongo with scripts run from the command line (PHP CLI) edit C:\wamp\bin\php\phpx.y.z\php.ini and add the extension line again in there.

Start Wampmanager. Or Restart the Apache service. This should refresh WAMPServers config and pick up the new PHP extension, if not do this when wampmanager is running:-

wampmanager -> Apache -> Service -> Restart Service

Run localhost by :-

wampmanager -> localhost

and then click on the phpinfo() link on the homepage.

You should now see a section entitled 'mongo' with some configuration options listed. If you do the PHP MONGO extension is active.

IMPORTANT

If you are running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 you may have to install this HotFix to resolve an issue with Memory Mapped Files. Request it from here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2731284/en-us. You have to ask for it, and then they send you an email telling you where it can be downloaded from.

The link they gave me was http://hotfixv4.microsoft.com/Windows 7/Windows Server2008 R2 SP1/sp2/Fix405791/7600/free/451412_intl_i386_zip.exe

However I did not need to install it to get to the stage where MONGO was installed and running simple tests from the command line AND through Apache and PHP.

Answer 3

If you still facing the problem follow bellow two rules:

• Make sure you downloaded drivers from http://pecl.php.net/package/mongo
• Try version 1.5.1 drivers (When I am writing this the latest driver version is 1.6.8 but 1.6.8 to 1.5.5 nothing is worked for me)