Error Installing MongoDB driver on XAMPP (OS X/El Capitan)

Question

I'm not new to XAMPP, PHP, or MongoDB, but I'm new to Mac, so getting the PHP MongoDB driver set up is causing me more trouble than it probably should.

When I try to run $ sudo pecl install mongodb from /applications/xampp/xamppfiles/bin I get this error:

configure: error: Cannot find OpenSSL's <evp.h>
ERROR: `/private/tmp/pear/install/mongodb/configure --with-php-config=/usr/bin/php-config' failed

Because I'm so new to Mac, I'm not even sure how to approach this error. I used which openssl to see if OpenSSL is installed, and it returned /usr/bin/openssl .

Can anyone suggest how to fix this problem?

Answer 1

What worked for me was to use the OpenSSL headers from Brew:

1. Install brew
2. Install openssl using brew: brew install openssl
3. Use the openssl header file when installing the pecl module: C_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/local/opt/openssl/include bin/pecl install mongodb