Install mongodb on mac os 10.15 for php7 - mongodb

Question

I have installed mongodb on my mac Catalina 10.15. I have php7.3 version installed as well. Now, I want to use the mongoClient() class with PHP. I tried composer require mongodb/mongodb but it says that the mongodb extension is missing :
Using version ^1.5 for mongodb/mongodb
./composer.json has been updated
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.
Problem 1
- mongodb/mongodb 1.5.1 requires ext-mongodb ^1.6 -> the requested PHP extension mongodb is missing from your system.
- mongodb/mongodb 1.5.0 requires ext-mongodb ^1.6 -> the requested PHP extension mongodb is missing from your system.
- Installation request for mongodb/mongodb ^1.5 -> satisfiable by mongodb/mongodb[1.5.0, 1.5.1].
To enable extensions, verify that they are enabled in your .ini files:
- /etc/php.ini
You can also run `php --ini` inside terminal to see which files are used by PHP in CLI mode.
Installation failed, reverting ./composer.json to its original content.
So I tried to install the extension for php using the php doc and I get this error :
pear/install/mongodb/php_phongo.c -fno-common -DPIC -o .libs/php_phongo.o
/private/tmp/pear/install/mongodb/php_phongo.c:22:10: fatal error: 'php.h' file not found
#include <php.h>
^~~~~~~
1 error generated.
make: *** [php_phongo.lo] Error 1
ERROR: `make' failed
Any help ?

Answer 1

I also had the same issue after upgrading to MacOS Catalina
Run these two commands;
brew doctor
brew link --overwrite php

Answer 2

I fixed that by installing PHP7.3 using homebrew
here is a post that helped Install PHP 7.3 + xdebug on MacOS Catalina (with homebrew)

Answer 3

I also updated the macos to 10.15 catalina and started the setup. As same as error came during installing the mongodb driver
After Resolving my issue I updated the answer by given below steps:
Step 1:
Run the command: brew install php71
Step 2:
Edit httpd.conf under directory of /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
Add below line
LoadModule php7_module /usr/local/opt/php#7.1/lib/httpd/modules/libphp7.so
then check there should be no other php7_module enabled.
Also add these lines
<FilesMatch \.php$>
SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
</FilesMatch>
Step 3: Restart apache: sudo apachectl restart
Step 4:
If you need to have php#7.1 first in your PATH run:
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/php#7.1/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/php#7.1/sbin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
For compilers to find php#7.1 you may need to set:
export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/opt/php#7.1/lib"
export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/opt/php#7.1/include"
Step 5:
To have launched start php#7.1 now and restart at login:
brew services start php#7.1
Step 6:
Open new terminal & check php version & it should be 7.1
Step 7:
Then run the command: sudo pecl install MongoDB
& it will install php mongodb driver successfully without any error.
Make sure all step should be followed!!
I did these steps to resolve my MongoDB driver issue for laravel project which not found.