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MongoDB installation on Mac OS X 10.11, with MacPorts

I am trying to install MongoDB on my computer running Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan).

My Apache + PHP configuration was already working correctly.

I installed MongoDB and PHP drivers for MongoDB through MacPorts:

sudo port install mongodb
sudo port install php55-mongodb

Installation ran correctly.

I added mongodb.so file to the extensions loaded in the php.ini file:

extension=/opt/local/lib/php55/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20121212/mongodb.so

When I run phpinfo() function in php file, mongodb extension seems to be loaded correctly: enter image description here

I tried to test my connexion by initializing a MongoClient instance:

<?php

    $mongoDB = new MongoClient();

    var_dump($mongoDB);

?>

Unfortunately, I got a HTTP ERROR 500, and I got the following line in my Apache logs:

PHP Fatal error:  Class 'MongoClient' not found in ...

Did I make something wrong ?

Solution

  • Finally found a solution to my problem.

    As @neverpanic and @Zagonine made me understand, php-mongodb and php-mongo are not the same extension.

    If you want to use old PHP driving classes, you should use php-mongo package instead of the very new php-mongodb.

    Trying to install latest php-mongo extension, I had an other problem related to OpenSSL. To bypass it, I installed an old version of php-mongo extension:

    sudo /usr/local/pear/bin/pecl install mongo-1.5.8

    Hopefully it will help someone else.