phpMyAdmin Error: The mbstring extension is missing. Please check your PHP configuration

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I have a problem running phpMyAdmin. When I try to access phpMyAdmin in my browser, I get the error message: "The mbstring extension is missing. Please check your PHP configuration."

I have already searched on the internet for possible solutions. According to that, I made some modifications in php.ini file. I uncommented the line ";extension=php_mbstring.dll" and wrote the full path of the ext folder in extension_dir. Sadly, it still doesn't work.

Could you please help me finding the proper solution.

Did you restart your web server after the modification in php.ini? — Robert Gabriel, May 05 '15 at 07:56
Hey! The .dll is in the ext folder and I restarted apache after modifying php.ini. Btw, my OS is win 8. Everything looks OK, but it doesn't work. Is it possible that the versions of apache, php, mysql are not compatible? I installed: Apache 2.4.12 Win32, php-5.6.8-Win32-VC11-x86 and mysql-5.6.24-winx64. — Klemen Rejec, May 05 '15 at 11:59
I solved the problem. I made a copy of php.ini and put it in c:\windows. It seems that the system did'n get the right information about the php.ini file. — Klemen Rejec, May 07 '15 at 07:16
Please check the output of `phpinfo()` to see whether the extension appears to be loaded there. You can check that by loading your phpMyAdmin like `https://example.com/phpmyadmin/phpinfo.php` or by creating a new file (call it info.php or whatever) with the content `` Use your web browser's search feature to look for "mbstring". — Isaac Bennetch, May 07 '15 at 12:32

Sameer · Answer 1 · 2016-06-12T09:17:31.383

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just run these command

sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin php-mbstring php-gettext

sudo service apache2 restart

Or you can follow this post...

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edited Jun 12 '16 at 09:17

answered Jun 12 '16 at 08:50

Sameer

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Installing `php-mbstring` and restarting apache was enough for me. Thanks! – Felix Edelmann Jun 15 '16 at 17:06
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And what is the solution for nginx? – Koushik Das Sep 22 '16 at 12:58
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It works, but keep in mind your version of PHP. for instance, on a fresh install of Ubuntu 18 and PHP 7.3, you have to do : `sudo apt-get install php7.3-mbstring`. I had to install php7.3-mysql as well for phpmyadmin to work properly – Pierre-Olivier Simonard Nov 07 '18 at 05:17
It works, we need to mention the version. Since i was using multiple versions of php sudo apt-get install php5.6-mbstring – Vinit Kadkol Nov 17 '20 at 14:31

hijack · Answer 2 · 2015-12-19T07:24:05.627

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I've solved my problem by this way: Edit the php.ini file:

change extension_dir = "ext" into extension_dir = "D:\php\ext" （please write ur own path）
change ;extension=php_mbstring.dll into extension=php_mbstring.dll （delete the ";"）
Then just save your php.ini file and copy it to ur Windows directory。(“C:\Windows“)
restart the apache server。

The above is my solution,Hope it will work for u.

edited Dec 19 '15 at 07:24

answered Dec 19 '15 at 07:15

hijack

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In my case, I uncommented the **extension=php_mbstring.dll** line in php.ini as recommended in step 2 above, but note that it's also necessary to uncomment the following line right after it: **extension=php_exif.dll**. Once I did this, I was able to run phpmyadmin without the mbstring error. – deeholzman Jan 03 '17 at 17:57
It does seem odd that PHP can recognize the php.ini file in the php location yet still requires the one in the WINDOWS folder to work properly. This answer helped with all my extension issues with PHP. – Dawson Irvine May 10 '20 at 21:56

score 19 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 01 '18 at 11:15

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If you are ubuntu 14.04 and using php 5.6 You are missing out on mbstring and mysql module

Please install mbstring and mysql by

sudo apt-get install php5.6-mbstring
sudo apt-get install php5.6-mysql

and restart apache

sudo service apache2 restart

answered Mar 01 '18 at 11:15

Suraj

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This is what did it for me. I tried apt-get installing php-mbstring, but it installed on the latest version of php (7), and my current version of php is 5, so it didn't install to the correct folder path on my system. – Millar248 Dec 07 '19 at 13:44

score 11 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 02 '18 at 07:02

It could happen after you update your php version, for instance if you upgrade from php5.6 to php7.1 you need to run these commands:

sudo apt-get install php7.1-mbstring
sudo service apache2 restart

If your destination version is different you need to check if the mbstring package exsit or not, an example for php7.0:

sudo apt-cache search php7.0-mbstring

I found it useful to first check existence of all modules that you working with, then performing an upgrade, in addition to that update phpmyadmin after upgrading your php is a good idea

score 8 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 24 '16 at 11:40

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In my case i made a new installation of php7 using xampp, the error was in php.ini at line 699, i just did

include_path= C:\Program Files (x86)\xampp\php\PEAR

to

include_path= "C:\Program Files (x86)\xampp\php\PEAR"

and it worked for me.

I checked this by running the php.exe it gave me that error and i fixed it.

answered Aug 24 '16 at 11:40

Ahmed Ali

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Good shout! This fixed it for me. Thanks – Dimitris Damilos Oct 28 '16 at 10:07
works for me also, I tried everything else but this only helped. Thanks – lijep dam May 04 '17 at 12:37

Marek Woźniak · Answer 6 · 2015-06-20T02:11:01.493

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Change extension_dir = "ext" to extension_dir = "C:/php/ext" in php.ini.

edited Jun 20 '15 at 02:11

answered Jun 20 '15 at 01:33

Marek Woźniak

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Yeap, this fixed it for me, too. Thanks – Dimitris Damilos Oct 28 '16 at 10:08

score 3 · Answer 7 · answered Jan 18 '17 at 22:57

I have solved my problem by this way:

Edit the c:\php\php.ini file:
change extension_dir = "ext" into extension_dir = "c:\php\ext" （please write
ur own path）
change ;extension=php_mbstring.dll into extension=php_mbstring.dll （delete
the ";"）
restart the apache server。

I Hope it will work for u.

score 3 · Answer 8 · answered Feb 28 '18 at 12:38

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This worked for me on Kali-linux 2018 :

apt-get install php7.0-mbstring

service apache2 restart

answered Feb 28 '18 at 12:38

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score 1 · Answer 9 · edited Jun 26 '15 at 19:38

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You also need to define PHPIniDir - c:/php_install_path

edited Jun 26 '15 at 19:38

Atanu Roy

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answered Jun 26 '15 at 19:00

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score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Nov 22 '16 at 08:37

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You can try this

sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin php-mbstring php-gettext
sudo ln -s /usr/share/phpmyadmin/ /var/www/html/phpmyadmin
service apache2 restart

answered Nov 22 '16 at 08:37

Mourad MAMASSI

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Vishal Kumar · Answer 11 · 2020-07-19T01:20:02.117

It could raise the concern if you're either:

Case 1: Downgrading/ upgrading any PHP version.
Case 2: Enabling/Disabling (Switching) between PHP versions.

Here are some recommended commands I found helpful to fix these concerns:

Message 1: The mbstring extension is missing.......

sudo apt-get install php7.1-mbstring

Message 2: The mysqli extension is missing.......

sudo apt-get install php7.1-mysqli

Note: Tested with PHP version 7.1. Change PHP version as per requirement.

score 0 · Answer 12 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:33

this ones solved my problem

1.open command prompt in administration

then open apache bin folder like this,

c:\ cd wamp\bin\apache\apache2.4.17\bin>
then type after the above

c:\ cd wamp\bin\apache\apache2.4.17\bin> mklink php.ini d:\wamp\bin\php\php5.6.15\phpForApache.ini
thats it close the command prompt and restart the wamp and open it in admin mode.
original post : PHP: No php.ini file thanks to xiao.

score 0 · Answer 13 · answered Dec 27 '18 at 13:04

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before you do other way, please do open php.exe on your PHP folder. run it and if you faced any error statement on it, you can fix it manually. else, do most-usefull post in this thread.

answered Dec 27 '18 at 13:04

zigots007

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score 0 · Answer 14 · answered Sep 23 '19 at 07:44

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I see this error after I disabled php5.6 and enabled php7.3 in ubuntu18.0.4

so i reverse it and problem resolved :DDD

answered Sep 23 '19 at 07:44

Hojjat

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