John Davidson

Message:

I am trying to install the MongoDB PHP Extension in my new MacBook Air M1. I am facing the following error during installation

The command I am using for installation

sudo pecl install mongodb

The error I am facing

/opt/homebrew/Cellar/php/8.0.9/include/php/ext/pcre/php_pcre.h:23:10: fatal error: 'pcre2.h' file not found

#include "pcre2.h"

         ^~~~~~~~~

1 error generated.

make: *** [php_phongo.lo] Error 1

ERROR: `make' failed

Here is the output of which php and which pecl command

aniketmagadum@Anikets-MacBook-Air bin % which php

/opt/homebrew/bin/php

aniketmagadum@Anikets-MacBook-Air bin % which pecl

/opt/homebrew/bin/pecl

The PHP Version I am using

aniketmagadum@Anikets-MacBook-Air bin % php -v

PHP 8.0.9 (cli) (built: Jul 29 2021 08:52:24) ( NTS )

Copyright (c) The PHP Group

Zend Engine v4.0.9, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies

    with Zend OPcache v8.0.9, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies

aniketmagadum@Anikets-MacBook-Air bin % 

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My Answer:
It looks like the installation is failing because the 'pcre2.h' header file is not found. You can try installing the PCRE2 library using Homebrew to resolve this issue.

You can install PCRE2 using the following command:


brew install pcre2


After installing PCRE2, try installing the MongoDB PHP Extension again using the following command:


sudo pecl install mongodb


This should resolve the issue and successfully install the MongoDB PHP Extension on your MacBook Air M1.