PHP developer team has provided MongoDB Driver for PHP and have various resources available for it.

First step in connecting to MongoDB using PHP is to have mongodb PHP driver dll in php ext directory and enable it in php.ini and then use mongodb API to connect to the database.

Connecting to MongoDB database

Suppose, MongoDB is installed locally and using default port then following syntax connects to MongoDB database.

$manager = new MongoDBDriverManager("mongodb://localhost:27017");

MongoDB Driver Manager is the central class to do all the operations on mongodb database. To connect to mongodb database, we connect to database by first preparing a command and then executing it.

$statistics = new MongoDBDriverCommand(["dbstats" => 1]);
$cursor = $manager->executeCommand("mydb", $statistics);

Once command is executed, if mydb database is not present, it will be created otherwise, it will be connected.

First step to do any operation is to create a Manager instance.

// Connect to MongoDB using Manager Instance
$manager = new MongoDBDriverManager("mongodb://localhost:27017");

Second step is to prepare and execute a command to drop the collection.

// Create a Command Instance
$createCollection = new MongoDBDriverCommand(["drop" => "sampleCollection"]);

// Execute the command on the database
$cursor = $manager->executeCommand("myDb", $createCollection);

Example

Try the following example to drop a collection in MongoDB server −

Copy and paste the following example as mongodb_example.php −

<?php
   try {
      // connect to mongodb
      $manager = new MongoDBDriverManager("mongodb://localhost:27017");

      // Create a Command Instance
      $dropCollection = new MongoDBDriverCommand(["drop" => "sampleCollection"]);

      // Execute the command on the database
      $cursor = $manager->executeCommand("myDb", $dropCollection);

      echo "Collection dropped."
   } catch (MongoDBDriverExceptionException $e) {
      echo "Exception:", $e->getMessage(), "n";
   }
?>

Output

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Collection dropped.

First step to do any operation is to create a Manager instance.

// Connect to MongoDB using Manager Instance
$manager = new MongoDBDriverManager("mongodb://localhost:27017");

Second step is to prepare and execute a command to create the collection.

// Create a Command Instance
$createCollection = new MongoDBDriverCommand(["create" => "sampleCollection"]);

// Execute the command on the database
$cursor = $manager->executeCommand("myDb", $createCollection);

Example

Try the following example to create a collection in MongoDB server −

Copy and paste the following example as mongodb_example.php −

<?php
   try {
      // connect to mongodb
      $manager = new MongoDBDriverManager("mongodb://localhost:27017");

      // Create a Command Instance
      $createCollection = new MongoDBDriverCommand(["create" => "sampleCollection"]);

      // Execute the command on the database
      $cursor = $manager->executeCommand("myDb", $createCollection);

      echo "Collection created.";
   } catch (MongoDBDriverExceptionException $e) {
      echo "Exception:", $e->getMessage(), "n";
   }
?>

Output

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Collection created.

First step to do any operation is to create a Manager instance.

// Connect to MongoDB using Manager Instance
$manager = new MongoDBDriverManager("mongodb://localhost:27017");

Second step is to prepare and execute a command to drop the database.

// Create a Command Instance
$dropDatabase = new MongoDBDriverCommand(["dropDatabase" => 1]);

// Execute the command on the database
$cursor = $manager->executeCommand("myDb", $dropDatabase);

Example

Try the following example to delete a database in MongoDB server −

Copy and paste the following example as mongodb_example.php −

<?php
   try {
      // connect to mongodb
      $manager = new MongoDBDriverManager("mongodb://localhost:27017");

      // Create a Command Instance
      $dropDatabase = new MongoDBDriverCommand(["dropDatabase" => 1]);

      // Execute the command on the database
      $cursor = $manager->executeCommand("myDb", $dropDatabase);

      echo "Database dropped."
   } catch (MongoDBDriverExceptionException $e) {
      echo "Exception:", $e->getMessage(), "n";
   }
?>

Output

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Database dropped.

First step to do any operation is to create a Manager instance.

// Connect to MongoDB using Manager Instance
$manager = new MongoDBDriverManager("mongodb://localhost:27017");

Second step is to prepare and execute a command on a database if the database doesn”t exist then MongoDB creates it automatically.

// Create a Command Instance
$statistics = new MongoDBDriverCommand(["dbstats" => 1]);

// Execute the command on the database
$cursor = $manager->executeCommand("myDb", $statistics);

Example

Try the following example to connect to a MongoDB server −

Copy and paste the following example as mongodb_example.php −

<?php
   try {
      // connect to mongodb
      $manager = new MongoDBDriverManager("mongodb://localhost:27017");

      echo "Connection to database successfully";
      $statistics = new MongoDBDriverCommand(["dbstats" => 1]);
      $cursor = $manager->executeCommand("myDb", $statistics);
      $statistics = current($cursor->toArray());
      echo "<pre>";
      print_r($statistics);
      echo "</pre>";
   } catch (MongoDBDriverExceptionException $e) {
      echo "Exception:", $e->getMessage(), "n";
   }
?>

Output

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Connection to database successfully
stdClass Object
(
   [db] => myDb
   [collections] => 0
   [views] => 0
   [objects] => 0
   [avgObjSize] => 0
   [dataSize] => 0
   [storageSize] => 0
   [totalSize] => 0
   [indexes] => 0
   [indexSize] => 0
   [scaleFactor] => 1
   [fileSize] => 0
   [fsUsedSize] => 0
   [fsTotalSize] => 0
   [ok] => 1
)

First step to do any operation is to create a Manager instance.

// Connect to MongoDB using Manager Instance
$manager = new MongoDBDriverManager("mongodb://localhost:27017");

Second step is to prepare and execute a command on a database to show the list of collections available.

// Create a Command Instance
$collectionList = new MongoDBDriverCommand(["listCollections" => 1]);

// Execute the command on the database
$cursor = $manager->executeCommand("myDb", $collectionList);

Example

Try the following example to list collections of a database in MongoDB server −

Copy and paste the following example as mongodb_example.php −

<?php
   try {
      // connect to mongodb
      $manager = new MongoDBDriverManager("mongodb://localhost:27017");

      // Create a Command Instance
      $collectionList = new MongoDBDriverCommand(["listCollections" => 1]);

      // Execute the command on the database
      $cursor = $manager->executeCommand("myDb", $collectionList);

      $collections = $cursor->toArray();

      foreach ($collections as $collection) {
         echo $collection->name . "<br/>";
      }
   } catch (MongoDBDriverExceptionException $e) {
      echo "Exception:", $e->getMessage(), "n";
   }
?>

Output

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sampleCollection

First step to do any operation is to create a Manager instance.

// Connect to MongoDB using Manager Instance
$manager = new MongoDBDriverManager("mongodb://localhost:27017");

Second step is to prepare and execute a command on a database to show the list of databases available.

// Create a Command Instance
$databaseList = new MongoDBDriverCommand(["listDatabases" => 1]);

// Execute the command on the database
$cursor = $manager->executeCommand("admin", $databaseList);

Example

Try the following example to list databases available by default in MongoDB server −

Copy and paste the following example as mongodb_example.php −

<?php
   try {
      // connect to mongodb
      $manager = new MongoDBDriverManager("mongodb://localhost:27017");

      // Create a Command Instance
      $databaseList = new MongoDBDriverCommand(["listDatabases" => 1]);

      // Execute the command on the database
      $cursor = $manager->executeCommand("admin", $databaseList);

      $databases = current($cursor->toArray());

      foreach ($databases->databases as $database) {
         echo $database->name . "<br/>";
      }
   } catch (MongoDBDriverExceptionException $e) {
      echo "Exception:", $e->getMessage(), "n";
   }
?>

Output

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admin
config
local

First step to do any operation is to create a Manager instance.

// Connect to MongoDB using Manager Instance
$manager = new MongoDBDriverManager("mongodb://localhost:27017");

Second step is to prepare and execute a bulkWrite object to insert record(s) in the collection.

// Create a BulkWrite Object
$bulk = new MongoDBDriverBulkWrite([''ordered'' => true]);

$bulk->insert([''First_Name'' => "Mahesh",
	''Last_Name'' => ''Parashar'',
	''Date_Of_Birth'' => ''1990-08-21'',
	''e_mail'' => ''mahesh_parashar.123@gmail.com'',
	''phone'' => ''9034343345'']);

// Execute the commands.
$result = $manager->executeBulkWrite(''myDb.sampleCollection'', $bulk);

Example

Try the following example to insert documents in a collection in MongoDB server −

Copy and paste the following example as mongodb_example.php −

<?php
   try {
      $bulk = new MongoDBDriverBulkWrite([''ordered'' => true]);

      $bulk->insert([''First_Name'' => "Mahesh",
         ''Last_Name'' => ''Parashar'',
         ''Date_Of_Birth'' => ''1990-08-21'',
         ''e_mail'' => ''mahesh_parashar.123@gmail.com'',
         ''phone'' => ''9034343345'']);

      $bulk->insert([''First_Name'' => "Radhika",
         ''Last_Name'' => ''Sharma'',
         ''Date_Of_Birth'' => ''1995-09-26'',
         ''e_mail'' => ''radhika_sharma.123@gmail.com'',
         ''phone'' => ''9000012345'']);

      $bulk->insert([''First_Name'' => "Rachel",
         ''Last_Name'' => ''Christopher'',
         ''Date_Of_Birth'' => ''1990-02-16'',
         ''e_mail'' => ''rachel_christopher.123@gmail.com'',
         ''phone'' => ''9000054321'']);

      $bulk->insert([''First_Name'' => "Fathima",
         ''Last_Name'' => ''Sheik'',
         ''Date_Of_Birth'' => ''1990-02-16'',
         ''e_mail'' => ''fathima_sheik.123@gmail.com'',
         ''phone'' => ''9000012345'']);

      // connect to mongodb
      $manager = new MongoDBDriverManager("mongodb://localhost:27017");

      $result = $manager->executeBulkWrite(''myDb.sampleCollection'', $bulk);

      printf("Inserted %d document(s).n", $result->getInsertedCount());
   } catch (MongoDBDriverExceptionException $e) {
      echo "Exception:", $e->getMessage(), "n";
   }
?>

Output

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Inserted 4 document(s).