phpMyAdmin mbstring error

Question

Whenever I try to enter my phpMyAdmin, it gives me this error:

The mbstring extension is missing. Please check your PHP configuration.

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Answer 1

My solution:

I had wamp x32 installed before, needed to remove and then installed the x64, receiving the same message "The mbstring extension is missing. Please check your PHP configuration.".

On php.ini, all references to wamp, such as extension_dir = were pointing to "C:/Program Files/Wamp/...". Check all paths, the correct for me is "C:/Wamp64/". Restart services and it's all right now.

Answer 2

In Ubuntu Server I have installed a php extension. I did this with:

sudo apt-get install php-mbstring

Answer 3

You might get this error message if you've just installed the phpmyadmin package but haven't restarted apache yet; try restarting apache.

Answer 4

I just installed WAMP 3 on Windows 10 and had this issue.

I had to go to C:\wamp64\bin\php\php7.0.0\ and copy the php.ini file to C:\wamp64\bin\apache\apache2.4.17\bin\

Then I restarted WAMP, and was finally able to access my phpMyAdmin file.

Note: this is probably not the correct way to do this because now there are 2 php.ini files. There is probably a setting in an Apache file that points to the php.ini file, but I haven't seen that yet. I will update this if I find it.

Answer 5

I've solved my problem by this way: Edit the php.ini file:

1. change extension_dir = "ext" into extension_dir = "D:\php\ext" （please write ur own full path for the extension directory）
2. change ;extension=php_mbstring.dll into extension=php_mbstring.dll （delete the ";"）
3. Then just save your php.ini file and copy it to ur Windows directory。(“C:\Windows“)
4. restart the apache server。

The above is my solution,Hope it will work for u.

Answer 6

I check phpinfo() and look for this line:

Configuration File (php.ini) Path          C:\Windows

And I copy php.ini from C:\xampp\php to the folder and it works for me.