The PHP team is happy to announce that version 1.8.0RC1 of the mongodb PHP extension is now available on PECL.
Release Highlights
This release adds additional validation of the directConnection URI option when specified via array options (i.e. second argument of the MongoDB\Driver\Manager constructor).
This release updates the bundled libbson and libmongoc libraries to 1.17.0-rc0.
As previously announced, this version drops compatibility with PHP 5.6 and requires PHP 7.0 or newer.
A complete list of resolved issues in this release may be found at: Release Notes - MongoDB Jira
Documentation
Documentation is available on PHP.net:
PHP: MongoDB - Manual
Feedback
We would appreciate any feedback you might have on the project:
https://jira.mongodb.org/secure/CreateIssue.jspa?pid=12484&issuetype=6
Installation
You can either download and install the source manually, or you can install the extension with:
pecl install mongodb-1.8.0RC1
or update with:
pecl upgrade mongodb-1.8.0RC1
Windows binaries are available on PECL:
http://pecl.php.net/package/mongodb