Using MongoDB with laravel 5

pecl install mongodbStep 01

Install MongoDB PHP driver from https://pecl.php.net/package/mongodb
Make sure you use the correct version compatible with both your PHP version and also driver version

Note : Make sure you choose the correct OS .. for example for 64bit you must use x64 edition. ThreadSafe one

Step 02

Extract the folder and Copy the php_mongo.dll from the extracted and paste into php extension folder
C:\xampp\php\ext

Step 03

Now you need to add the php extension. Open php.ini file under C:\xampp\php\ and add the following to the extension group

extension=php_mongo.dll

Then restart your xampp and check phpinfo

If you're working on Linux

Install Mongo DB PHP driver

sudo apt-get install php5-dev php5-cli php-pear

sudo pecl install mongo

or

pecl install mongodb
or
sudo apt-get install php5-mongo (For PHP 5)
sudo apt-get install php-mongodb (for PHP 5.6 or higher)











Building Mongodb driver Manually if the above approach doesn;t work


sudo apt-get install build-essential

apt-get install autoconf
apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libpcre3-dev
pecl install mongodb


Add the following line in php.ini file
extension=mongo.so for (PHP 5.5 or lower)
extension=mongodb.so for (PHP 5.6 or higher)

if you're using nano, you can search using Ctrl + W

To check the path to php.ini file, 
php -i | grep 'Configuration File'




and  to see mongo is enabled 

 php -i | grep 'Mongo'

Configuring Laravel Database to use MongoDB

Modify the database.php under Config file in laravel file structure.

'default' => env('DB_CONNECTION', 'mongodb'),

'mongodb' => [            'driver'   => 'mongodb',            'host'     => env('DB_HOST', 'localhost'),            'port'     => env('DB_PORT', 27017),            'database' => 'eshop',            'username' => '',            'password' => '',//            'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', ''),//            'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),    '            'charset'  => 'utf8',            'prefix'   => '',
        ],




Create the following php file and then run it, you'll be able to see a new database
<?php$user = array('first_name' => 'MongoDB','last_name' => 'Fan','tags' => array('developer','user'));
// Configuration$dbhost = 'localhost';$dbname = 'testmongo';
// Connect to test database$m = new MongoClient("mongodb://$dbhost");$db = $m->$dbname;
// Get the users collection$c_users = $db->users;
// Insert this new document into the users collection$c_users->save($user);
?>

Now you can install the jenssengers to connect to MongoDB with ORM support
Inside your project root folder, right click and Run Composer here. Then install jenssengers by typing the following
composer require jenssegers/mongodb

After the jenssengers installation is done add the followig line inside app.php to start using jenssengers

Jenssegers\Mongodb\MongodbServiceProvider::class, //Mongodb service provider




Now if you want to use model class with your MongodB and not the default one, you should always use the following sample


<?php namespace Furbook;//use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;use Jenssegers\Mongodb\Model as Eloquent; //Use MongoDB as a model
class Breed extends Eloquent//class Breed extends Model{    public $timestamps = false;    public function cats(){        return $this->hasMany('Furbook\Cat');    }}


You can also include HTML form and views by including the following line in the composer.json required field and run composer update to start using it
"laravelcollective/html": "5.0.*"





and make sure that you're running php artisan db:seed from the project root folder.