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I cannot find a way to solve this. I have done pretty much everything I can think of, I am kind of new to this stuff, so sometimes I am not sure I am doing it right. I have xampp and am trying to use phpmyadmin to work with databases. I have added the extensions:

extension=php_bz2.dll
extension=php_curl.dll
extension=php_mbstring.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
;extension=php_oci8.dll      ; Use with Oracle 10gR2 Instant Client
;extension=php_oci8_11g.dll  ; Use with Oracle 11gR2 Instant Client

extension=php_openssl.dll
;extension=php_pdo_firebird.dll
extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll
;extension=php_pdo_oci.dll
;extension=php_pdo_odbc.dll
;extension=php_pdo_pgsql.dll
extension=php_pdo_sqlite.dll
extension=php_pdo_sqlite_external.dll
;extension=php_pgsql.dll
;extension=php_pspell.dll
;extension=php_shmop.dll

What am I doing wrong?

Tbaustin
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Strange, because php comes with the mysqli extension as part of it's core extensions.

1 - Make sure the file php_mysqli.dll exists in:

drive:\xamp_install_dir\bin\php\php<phpversion>\ext\

if so, copy the following line to your php.ini 

extension=php_mysqli.dll

2 - Restart apache, and create a file named test.php with the following content:

<?php
echo phpinfo();
?>

3 - Open it on your browser a search for :

enter image description here

4 - Found it?

Yes: Good, you're ready to go.

No: You may need to re-install wamp

NOTE:

Don't worry about php_mysql.dll because it's deprecated.

Pedro Lobito
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  • okay I am using xampp tho, does this mean anything different ? – Tbaustin Oct 10 '15 at 18:56
  • It shouldn't, just find the php **ext** folder – Pedro Lobito Oct 10 '15 at 18:58
  • I could not find mysqli in the phpinfo(); when I ran it and I do have the extension=php_mysqli.dll in my php.ini file – Tbaustin Oct 10 '15 at 19:02
  • Did you find `php_mysqli.dll` ? Which version of php are you running ? – Pedro Lobito Oct 10 '15 at 19:03
  • Yes I did in the C:\xampp\php\ext , also PHP Version 5.6.12, and I am not sure, but on my laptop phpmyadmin is working and I just copied the php.ini I have on my laptop and it's still not working so wouldnt that mean that it is not my ini file? – Tbaustin Oct 10 '15 at 19:11
  • You **shouldn't** copy a `php.ini` from a different computer, this will lead to errors. Use the original `php.ini`, include the module line and restart apache, you'll be ok. – Pedro Lobito Oct 10 '15 at 19:13
  • I put in the extension=php_mysqli.dll and it is still not working. getting same 'The mysqli|mysql extension is missing. Please check your PHP configuration' problem – Tbaustin Oct 10 '15 at 19:18
  • where is located the `php.ini` you're editing ? You may also find another `php.ini` in `c:\windows\system32\php.ini` check that one too. – Pedro Lobito Oct 10 '15 at 19:19
  • There was no php.ini in the c:\windows\system32\ , the one I am working on is C:\xampp\php\php.ini – Tbaustin Oct 10 '15 at 19:24
  • The easiest thing will probably be to reinstall wamp. – Pedro Lobito Oct 10 '15 at 19:27
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    Okay I shall do that then get back with you! – Tbaustin Oct 10 '15 at 19:30