This extension is developed atop the libmongoc and libbson libraries. It provides a minimal API for core driver functionality: commands, queries, writes, connection management, and BSON serialization.

Userland PHP libraries that depend on this extension may provide higher level APIs, such as query builders, individual command helper methods, and GridFS. Application developers should consider using this extension in conjunction with the MongoDB PHP library, which implements the same higher level APIs found in MongoDB drivers for other languages.

• https://www.php.net/mongodb
• https://www.mongodb.com/docs/drivers/php-drivers/

To build and install the driver:

$ pecl install mongodb
$ echo "extension=mongodb.so" >> `php --ini | grep "Loaded Configuration" | sed -e "s|.*:\s*||"`

Additional installation instructions may be found in the PHP.net documentation.

This extension is intended to be used alongside the MongoDB PHP Library, which is distributed as the mongodb/mongodb package for Composer.

Releases are created automatically and signed using the PHP team's GPG key. This applies to the git tag as well as all release packages provided as part of a GitHub release. To verify the provided packages, download the key and import it using gpg:

gpg --import php-driver.asc

PECL packages are made available as release artifacts on GitHub, as well as on the PECL homepage. The GitHub release will also contain a detached signature file for the PECL package (named mongodb-X.Y.Z.tgz.sig).

To verify the integrity of the downloaded package, run the following command:

gpg --verify mongodb-X.Y.Z.tgz.sig mongodb-X.Y.Z.tgz

Windows binaries distributed through GitHub releases contain a detached signature for the php_mongodb.dll file named php_mongodb.dll.sig. To verify the integrity of the DLL, run the following command:

gpg --verify php_mongodb.dll.sig php_mongodb.dll.tgz

Issues pertaining to the extension should be reported in the PHPC project in MongoDB's JIRA. Library-related issues should be reported in the PHPLIB project.

For general questions and support requests, please use one of MongoDB's Technical Support channels.

If you've identified a security vulnerability in a driver or any other MongoDB project, please report it according to the instructions in Create a Vulnerability Report.

Development is tracked in the PHPC project in MongoDB's JIRA. Documentation for contributing to this project may be found in CONTRIBUTING.md.