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

Using xampp, this will work (php7 has been extracted to the xampp\php directory):

Make the following changes in the php.ini:

1. uncommend (remove the ;)

;extension=php_mbstring.dll

2. uncommend (remove the ;)

;extension=php_mysqli.dll

3. set the path to the extention Directory

extension_dir = "ext"

to the full path, for example:

extension_dir = "C:\xammp\php\ext"

Additional, change the xampp-settings in the httpd-xampp.conf:

1. change

LoadFile "C:/xampp/php/php5ts.dll"

to

LoadFile "C:/xampp/php/php7ts.dll"

2. change

LoadModule php5_module "C:/xampp/php/php5apache2_4.dll"

to

LoadModule php7_module "C:/xampp/php/php7apache2_4.dll"

3. change all appearance (3 times) of

IfModule php5_module

to

IfModule php7_module

That's it.