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

after installing WAMP 3 with Apache 2.4.17 and php5.6.17 I tried to look at php.ini from wampserver (green icon in tray). It wasn't finding it. I copied php.ini from the php.5.6.15 directory to the apache2.4.17\bin\ directory and phpmyadmin worked fine without missing mbstring