bradley dot henke at colorado dot edu (2013-04-23 06:36:52)

Instructions for Manually Installing MongoDB for PHP for use with "XAMPP for Linux":
There were two gotchas that I ran into. "XAMPP for Linux" needs 32 bit libraries, and the php API version must match the php API version of "XAMPP for Linux".
Hopefully this will save someone else time figuring this all out!
1) Install "XAMPP for Linux" AND the "XAMPP for Linux Development Files".
2) Grab the source code from github (in the manual instructions above)
$ tar zxvf mongodb-mongodb-php-driver-<commit_id>.tar.gz
$ cd mongodb-mongodb-php-driver-<commit_id>
There are now some smalls deviation from the manual instructions...
3) PHPize
$ sudo /opt/lampp/bin/phpize
4) Configure
$ ./configure
5) Make changes to the Makefile (XAMPP requires a 32-bit compilation)
- Choose your favorite text editor and open "Makefile"
- Make the following changes:
Line 20: prefix = /opt/lampp
Line 23: prefix = /opt/lampp
Line 25: phpincludedir = /opt/lampp/include/php
Line 27: CFLAGS = -g -O2 -m32
Line 34: EXTENSION_DIR = /opt/lampp/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20100525/
Line 35: PHP_EXECUTABLE = /opt/lampp/bin/php
Make sure you replace </path/to/mongo-php-driver-master>
Line 38: INCLUDES = -I/opt/lampp/include/php -I/opt/lampp/include/php/main -I/opt/lampp/include/php/TSRM -I/opt/lampp/include/php/Zend -I/opt/lampp/include/php/ext -I/opt/lampp/include/php/ext/date/lib -I</path/to/mongo-php-driver-master>/util -I</path/to/mongo-php-driver-master>/exceptions -I</path/to/mongo-php-driver-master>/gridfs -I</path/to/mongo-php-driver-master>/types -I</path/to/mongo-php-driver-master>/mcon
6) Compile
$ sudo make all
7) Copy the static object into the extension directory
$ sudo cp modules/mongo.so /opt/lampp/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20100525/
9) Update your php.ini file
- Grab you favorite text editor and open /opt/lampp/etc/php.ini (you'll probably need to use sudo).
- Add the line: extension=mongo.so
10) Restart "XAMPP for Linux". You should now be able to see Mongo listed in your phpinfo() page! Installation Complete!!!
Good Luck!

Hanakaze (2013-01-12 18:18:05)

To install the Mongo driver on Windows 7 x64 with EasyPHP, you have to use the x86 driver (instead of x64) and non nts :
php_mongo-1.3.2RC1-5.4-vc9.dll actually

tiago dot braga at gmail dot com (2011-08-08 09:04:28)

In Windows running IIS the directory to instal is "C:\Program Files\PHP\ext". Than you have to install the apropriate MongoDriver version (in my case was mongo-1.1.4-php5.3vc9) and than Restart IIS.
The MongoDB Driver will be available.

rishi at plavaga dot in (2011-06-27 01:25:31)

I am using XAMPP 1.7.4 (32 bit) on Windows 7. Though it was mentioned that Apache uses a non-threadsafe version of DLL, when used, it was giving me the below error:
PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library
Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'D:\xampp\php\ext\php_mongo.dll' - The specified module could not be found.
I had to use the thread-safe version (mongo-1.1.4.zip\mongo-1.1.4-php5.3vc6ts\php_mongo.dll) to get it working.

Andrey (2011-06-01 16:54:44)

On windows installation check for VC compilator version inside phpinfo(), if you install incorrect one it wouldn't work.
I tried to run on Apache2 with VC6, and always get folowing error:
Fatal error: Class 'Mongo' not found
Until I look into phpinfo and found MSVC9, after that
I install VC9 dll files and it solve the problem.

poorpuer at gmail dot com (2010-10-26 08:26:37)

If you're running IIS under Windows 7 and have PHP manager installed you'll also need to manually enable the extension. Start IIS Manager, select PHP Manager, under the section labeled PHP Extensions click on Enable or disable an extension, then enable the php_mongo.dll extension, and restart IIS.

cap at unagon dot com (2010-02-26 13:52:55)

For Debian users: apt-get install php5-dev will install phpize for you.