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phpMyAdmin Error: The mbstring extension is missing. Please check your PHP configuration

I have already tried all of the solutions on this and none of them have worked for me. I am not sure what else to do.

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Tbaustin
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  • well .. is mbstring installed and enabled for your installation ? Please provide more details .. 1.) What server ( nginx/apache ) , what version of PHP, is it mod-php or php-fpm ? – DannyZB Oct 10 '15 at 16:39
  • Well I fixed that problem , by showing hidden extensions and my php.ini file was actually php.ini.ini, but now I am getting: The mysqli|mysql extension is missing. Please check your PHP configuration. See our documentation for more information. I am using xampp – Tbaustin Oct 10 '15 at 16:49
  • I have these in my extensions: extension=php_mbstring.dll extension=php_exif.dll ;extension=php_fileinfo.dll extension=php_gd2.dll extension=php_gettext.dll ;extension=php_gmp.dll ;extension=php_intl.dll ;extension=php_imap.dll ;extension=php_interbase.dll ;extension=php_ldap.dll extension=php_mssql.dll extension=mysqli.so extension=php_mbstring.dll extension=php_exif.dll Must be after mbstring as it depends on it extension=php_mysql.dll extension=php_mysqli.dll – Tbaustin Oct 10 '15 at 16:56
  • hidden extensions?? what operating system is it ? what distribution ? I can't help you without more details – DannyZB Oct 10 '15 at 16:58
  • Please pass the output of installed extensions from php_info – DannyZB Oct 10 '15 at 17:02
  • Umm i looked up a video that was saying something about hidden extensions might be causing it, so I saw php.ini when it was actually php.ini.ini, so I deleted one of the .ini's and it solved my first problem. This is windows 10, and I'm not sure what you mean by distribution. I put in the extension=php_mssql.dll and the extension=mysqli.so which should cover both of my problems , but it is not. they are also both uncommented – Tbaustin Oct 10 '15 at 17:04
  • php_mssql + php_mysqli , what about php_mysql ? .. If it says the extension doesn't exist it means it's not loaded .. please add the list of loaded extensions you get from php_info(); to your question – DannyZB Oct 10 '15 at 17:14
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    How exactly do I do that ? Do I just run phpinfo.php? Sorry I am all new to this. – Tbaustin Oct 10 '15 at 17:24
  • Create a new PHP document that says and open it.. It will have a list of actual loaded extensions – DannyZB Oct 11 '15 at 08:05
  • Welp I just got on today and it magically worked, haven't touched a thing. Just went ahead and tried it and it worked. So I have not a clue as to what I did. – Tbaustin Oct 16 '15 at 15:47
  • You probably already fix the problem didn't restart/reload php/apache when you did one of the changes ... sounds to me like you just make loads of mistakes working with it so it looks random but it's just a long collection of mistakes .. you'll get it over time – DannyZB Oct 16 '15 at 16:22

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I have seen this problem. This error appears when I upgraded by 15.10 to 16.04 or installed 16.04.I resolved my problem by running this command and system restart. Just run these command

sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin php-mbstring php-gettext

sudo service apache2 restart

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It had worked for me - for xamp3.2.2 php7.0.1 changes in php.ini

1- extension_dir="C:\xampp\php\ext" //give the full path where your ext folder is located

2- ;extension=php_mysqli.dll //uncomment this (remove semicolon)

3- save and restart apache !

Haroldo Gondim
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Aman Attari
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I was in a hurry so it's not necessarily the best solution, however it's really very simple,

None of the answers worked for me on stackoverflow

I simply changed windows user session,

Uninstall and install MAMP on this new session and everything worked again

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I spent a lot of time trying all the options. Finally solved it by moving the php.ini file back to the php folder from the apache folder that I had moved it to after installing php.

cybertrail
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