Extension: %pecl/mongodb% (PHP 5.5 and higher) Library: %phplib% (%mongodb/mongodb% on composer) Installation: pecl install mongodb echo "extension=mongodb.so" > /etc/php5/cli/conf.d/20-mongodb.ini" mkdir new-project cd new-project composer require mongodb/mongodb In your script: selectCollection( 'databasename', 'collectionname' ); ?>]]>