linux - mysqli extension is missing in phpMyAdmin on RedHat 5.9 Server

07
2014-07
  • Bob

    We have installed Apache, PHP, MySQL, and attempted to install phpMyAdmin. When going to phpMyAdmin in the browser, we are presented with "The mbstring extension is missing."

    We are unable to get into phpMyAdmin. When we try to install php-mbstring we are presented with php53-common conflicts with php-common. This is being done on a Red Hat 5.9 Server.

    We installed mbstring by doing 

    yum install php53-mbstring

    Now we receive the following error "the mysqli extension is missing..." in phpMyAdmin. We added extension=mysqli.so into our php.ini file, but the issue persists.

    • Answers
  • garethTheRed

    Is php-mysql installed?

    $yum info php-mysql

    will tell you (it should say installed next to Repo). Install it with:-

    #yum install php-mysql

    If it was installed, have you restarted Apache since installing it?


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  • udo

    I get this error message on the phpMyAdmin login page:

    • phpMyAdmin: Cannot load mcrypt extension. Please check your PHP configuration.

    Does someone knows the reason for it?

    Thanks, Udo


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  • Linker3000

    The most likely explanation is that the mcrypt add-on for php is not installed.

    Try logging in and running the following:

    sudo apt-get install php5-mcrypt
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

    I expect the first command will install the missing package. The second command restarts apache so that the mcrypt add-on is activated.

    If you get a message that php5-mcrypt is already installed we'll have to do some more digging.