Class 'MongoClient' not found?

[Cein-Markey]

Class 'MongoClient' not found in Connection.php on line 132. This is the error received when I try to run migrations - ($ php artisan migrate). Any Ideas? Thanks in advance.

[jenssegers]

Does this only happen when using migrations? Because MongoClient is the native PHP class.

[martinAnsty]

Looks like an issue with the php-mongo extension not being loaded by PHP. Check phpinfo() and see if the Mongo extension is being loaded, if not check your php.ini file or load the extension through a separate mongo.ini file in conf.d

What is I get the same error (Class 'MongoClient' not found) but Mongo is enabled within PHP.
I also checked phpinfo() within laravel to make sure it loads it (and not only via cli/configuration files).

Any idea?

[brunocascio]

Same problem @cloud-ops

[jenssegers]

Can you create an instance of MongoClient without this library? I don't think this error is related to this library, but with your Mongo installation.

[brunocascio]

Yes! I fixed it.
MongoLid -> https://github.com/Zizaco/mongolid-laravel#troubleshooting

[nadavkav]

Thanks @brunocascio , you last (above) comment was very helpful 😄

[jenssegers]

There is also a new project that is creating a MongoDB driver that you can include using composer: https://github.com/mongofill/mongofill

But I have not tested it yet.

[ryasmi]

Same here @brunocascio, that last comment helped me too, thanks 😸

[alexmon]

Same here @brunocascio, your last comment helped me.
As soon as i setup mongo PHP driver message disappears

[dweinerATL]

@jenssegers I am getting this same error. I have confirmed via a phpinfo() statement that the Mongo driver has loaded

[r115]

My experience using Ubuntu is that once the PHP MongoDB driver is correctly installed you will have to add the line extension = mongo.so to both the /etc/php5/cli/php.ini and /etc/php/apache2/php.ini.

I had the exact error and that is what solved it for me.

[Rents]

If your "php -i" shows that Mongo enabled, but you're still getting the same error, that means you need to restart something. Lost a few hours before it downed on me to restart php-fpm.

Solution for php-fpm (Ubuntu):

1. Create new file in /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/ :
   sudo vi /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-mongo.ini
2. Type "extension=mongo.so" in that file and save file.
3. After that you need to restart php-fpm service:
   sudo service php5-fpm restart

As you have now have two declaration "extension=mongo.so", it would be better to comment line "extension=mongo.so" in your php.ini

[jonathanpmartins]

It can be a Mongo integration problem, but if it isn't, and if like me, you are using native MongoDB commands with PHP, try to put a backslashe before the class, like so: "\MongoClient()"