Installing the PHP 7 MongoDB Client/Driver?

Question

I am very eager to start working with PHP 7 however one issue is getting in the way... I primarily use MongoDB for the database, and the problem is that I don\'t know how to

Answer 1

How to connect php 7.0 with MongoDB in ubuntu 16.04 lts?

1)Install LAMP using the following link. It installs Apache2, mysql and php 7.0. https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-on-ubuntu-16-04

2)Install the MongoDB community Edition on Ubuntu using the steps in the following link. http://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-ubuntu/

3)Type the following command to get the mongoDB extension from pecl

sudo apt install php-pear

4)Add the following to the php.ini file at /etc/php/apache2/7.0

extension=mongodb.so

Important - The classes have been changed too:

new MongoClient();  //Old Class

new MongoDB\Driver\Manager(); // New Class

Refer - http://php.net/manual/en/set.mongodb.php