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

I had the same problem, the above solutions are not worked for me.

What I did is uninstalled the wamp and logout the Skype and re-installed wamp.

Then It got worked. I think the port used by wamp and Skype is same.

Hope this input will help.

Cheers :)

Answer 2

check your php.ini file in the root directory of your php installation. In the extensions part of the configuration you should find:

;extension=php_mbstring.dll

remove the leading ';' to uncomment and enable the extension so it looks like this:

extension=php_mbstring.dll

restart your apache and it should work.

Edit: I just read that you are already using a webhost. Does your webhost have a interface where you can set php variables etc? Or a .ini file you can edit?

If not you may are forced to talk to the webhost and ask them to enable that particular extension.

Answer 3

To solve this problem on Linux, you need to recompile your PHP with the --enable-mbstring flag.

Answer 4

Please uncomment the following lines at php.ini

;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

This will help to solve.

Answer 5

my solution : Copy a shortcut from your php.ini from your php-directory to the apache-dir. This way you refere too 1 file on the correct place. This solved (at least in my case) the problem.

Answer 6

The installation process adds the phpMyAdmin Apache configuration file into the /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/ directory, where it is read automatically. The only thing you need to do is explicitly enable the mbstring PHP extension, Because sometimes you forgot to enable the mbstring mode so simply type the below command to enabled the mbstring mode...

   sudo phpenmod mbstring

Afterward, restart Apache for your changes to be recognized:

sudo systemctl restart apache2