Easiest way to install Mongodb PHP extension in Ubuntu 13.10 (saucy)?

In Ubuntu 14.04, sudo apt-get install php5-mongo results in a fully working mongo PHP extension. So I guess there is just a packaging problem in Ubuntu 13.10 which causes the problem.

Solution: Use Ubuntu 14.04 LTS instead of Ubuntu 13.10.

But, if you have to use Ubuntu 13.10, don't use the php5-mongo Ubuntu package, instead install the mongo extension via pecl:

sudo apt-get install php5-dev make php-pearsudo pecl install mongosudo echo "extension=mongo.so" | sudo tee /etc/php5/mods-available/mongo.ini

The easiest to install the mongoDB driver for php5 in ubuntu is using the command :

sudo apt-get install php5-mongo

Attention, the driver is correctly installed but not loaded yet, so should absolutly restart the server, if using apache should do :

sudo service apache2 restart

There is also a good way to install the mongo DB for PHP. I have ubuntu 14.04LTS.

open synaptic package manager and search "mongo"

select these packages to install.

• php-horde-mongo
• php-mongo

click apply to install the packages.

Now restart you apache2 using this command.

sudo service apache2 restart

Test the mongo

create the PHP file with name mongo-test.php and paste this code there.

<?php   // connect to mongodb   $m = new MongoClient();   echo "Connection to database successfully";   // select a database   $db = $m->mydb;   echo "Database mydb selected";?>

test this URL http://localhost/mongo-test.php