wamp cannot load mysqli extension

Question

WAMP installed fine, no problems, BUT...

When going to phpMyAdmin, I get the error from phpMyAdmin as follows:

Cannot load mysqli extension. Please c         


        

Answer 1

I had this problem and spent 2 hours trying all the solutions online, none worked.

Tried this, and it woked:

Change

mysql.default_host =

to

mysql.default_host = localhost

and restart WAMP. pay attention if you are using mysqli or not.