Part 3 : Simple Todo List With PHP And MongoDB

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Part 3 : Simple Todo List With PHP And MongoDB

Last Updated On: July 20, 2019| By: Parvez

This tutorial help to understand mongodb connection functionality with php. I will get the result from mongodb database and display into html table grid.This is a beginner tutorial for mongodb and PHP lover.Mongodb is very popular nosql database, and php is a very famous open source language for web scripting.

I am creating simple example to read data from mongodb database.We will parse data using php server side and display into HTML table.

Updated Tutorial – CRUD Operations Using PHP And MongoDB

We will follow following simple steps to connect php to mongodb database using Mongo php driver,Previously i have illustrated how to install mongodb and mongodb driver in your xampp windows server.

listing-mongodb-with-php

You can also check other tutorial of MongoDB and PHP,

• Install and Configure MongoDB on windows

• Install MongoDB Driver in XAMPP/WAMP Windows

Simple Listing Example Of Mongodb With PHP

Step 1: We will start mongodb server using 'mongod' command. You can type 'mondod' in window command line and press enter.If you haven’t install please refer previous tutorial.

Step 2: We will create a index.php file. Here, We will define connection string for mongodb with php and table listing html code to display records.

Step 3: Creating connection with mongodb and php using below code, Please put below code into top of the index.php file.

1234567891011121314151617	<?php// Config$dbhost = 'localhost';$dbname = 'testdb'; // Connect to test database$m = new Mongo("mongodb://$dbhost"); $db = $m->dbname; // select the collection$collection = $db->movie; // pull a cursor query$cursor = $collection->find(); ?>

Step 4: Iterating on mongodb result set using for-each loop using below code, Please put below code into body section of the index.php file.

123456789101112131415161718192021	<table class="" > <thead> <tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Age</th> <th>roll Number</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <?php foreach ($cursor as $document) {?> <tr> <th><?php echo $document['name']?></th> <th><?php echo $document['age']?></th> <th><?php echo $document['rno']?></th> </tr> <?php } ?> </tbody> </table>

Conclusion

This php mongodb tutorial help to display simple listing of all mongodb records into html table.You can add/edit record data using mongodb command line query.I left add,edit and delete functionality from UI side.You can do it yourself.