PHP: Call to undefined function: simplexml_load_string()

Question

I am implementing facebook count function using cron file. In which cron runs every 10 minutes and counts the total likes of a page.

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Answer 1

I also faced this issue. My Operating system is Ubuntu 18.04 and my PHP version is PHP 7.2.

Here's how I solved it:

Install Simplexml on your Ubuntu Server:

sudo apt-get install php7.2-simplexml

Restart Apache Server

sudo systemctl restart apache2

That's all.

I hope this helps