Mongodb and MAMP

Question

I am using MAMP and would like to use mongo with PHP. I am stuck because the version of MAMP I\'m using is the latest version I can find, and it\'s running PHP 5.2.11. The

Answer 1

For MAMP 2.1.2 and PHP 5.4.10

1. Download MongoDB php driver .

2. copy mongo.so to

   /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.4.10/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20100525/
   

   and using temrinal

   cd /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.4.10/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20100525/ && wget https://github.com/downloads/stennie/mongo-php-driver/mongo.so
   

3. open

   /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.4.10/conf/php.ini
   

   Find ; Extensions

   add extension=mongo.so

4. Restart MAMP.

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Above steps will install MongoDB driver 1.2.10.

To install latest Mongodb driver using PECL

1. install autoconf using homebrew or Mac Ports

   brew install autoconf
   

2. Download php 5.4.10 source from php.net.

3. rename uncompressed php source folder from php-5.4.10 to php and paste it in this folder

   /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.4.10/include/
   

4. using the terminal open php folder and run ./configure

   cd /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.4.10/include/php/ && ./configure
   

5. Add MAMP bin to your ~/.bash_profile

   echo "export PATH=/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.4.10/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bash_profile 
   source ~/.bash_profile
   

6. install latest mongo

   pecl install mongo
   

7. restart MAMP server :).