The mysqli extension is missing. Please check your PHP configuration

Question

I have looked through all of the forums that I could find relevant to this question and my problem yet nothing works. I have apache2.2 with php5, phpMyAdmin, and MySQL. I ha

Answer 1

I encountered this problem today and eventually I realize it was the comment on the line before the mysql dll's that was causing the problem.

This is what you should have in php.ini by default for PHP 5.5.16:

;extension=php_exif.dll       Must be after mbstring as it depends on it
;extension=php_mysql.dll
;extension=php_mysqli.dll

Besides removing the semi-colons, you also need to delete the line of comment that came after php_exif.dll. This leaves you with

extension=php_exif.dll      
extension=php_mysql.dll
extension=php_mysqli.dll

This solves the problem in my case.

Answer 2

Its an issue of extension directory. You need to change php extension directory manually to work this.

If you are using AMPP Server, do the following

Goto settings -> PHP -> Configuration

in php7.3.ini Find, (Versions might change)

extension_dir = "" , (Already having some path)

and change value to

extension_dir = "C:\Program Files\Ampps\php-7.3\ext"

If you are using XAMP

Goto XAMP Settings, Apache -> PHP.ini

Find, extension_dir = in php.ini, and set path of the php extension folder of your local machine. See the below example.

extension_dir = "C:\php\ext" (Check your path properly)

Answer 3

Simply specify the directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside in the php.ini file from

; On windows:
extension_dir="C:\xampp\php\ext"

to

; On windows:
;extension_dir = "ext"

Then enable the extension if it was disabled by changing

;extension=mysqli

to

extension=mysqli

Answer 4

• In your Xampp folder, open php.ini file inside the PHP folder i.e xampp\php\php.ini (with a text editor).

• Search for extension=mysqli (Ctrl+F), if there are two, look for the one that has been uncommented (without ";" behind)

• Change the mysqli with the correct path address i.e extension=C:\xampp\php\ext\php_mysqli.dll.

• On your Xampp control panel, stop and start apache and MySQL

Answer 5

sudo apt-get install php7.2-mysql

extension=mysqli.so (add this php.ini file)

sudo service apahce2 restart

Please use above commands to resolve mysqli-extension missing error

Answer 6

I had the same problem and I solved it. You can solve it too if you follow these steps:

1. you have to install PHP to C:/php or your current version locate it to this path and specify it as a system variable

2. then open xampp program and click config and open php.ini and uncomment the following lines:

   extension=pdo_mysql
   extension=pdo_mysql
   extension=openssl