I'm using a host that does not let me run a program for more than 5 minutes, therefore forcing me to host mongo through another site.
I'm trying to connect to this other site through PHP5.3, but it looks as if the mongo extension isn't installed, so I can't call something like

because there isn't a Mongo class to call.

So my question is, is there another way to do this through something like Javascript?
I'm somewhat comfortable with curl, would that work?

Dunno, but that sounds like a shitty host if it won't install your extentions and limits you to 5 min.

Why do you even use Mongo anyway?

They're willing to install extensions, but mongo is useless if it only runs for 5 minutes. It's a shared hosting plan, and I would need to get a dedicated IP to actually run things.

I'm a student, and I would love to learn nosql.