Installed PHP using phpbrew, Now phpmyadmin is giving mbstring extension error

Question

Installed earlier version of PHP on a new Ubuntu installation using phpbrew and now my phpmyadmin is throwing an error.

The error reads:

The mbstring extension is missing. Please check your PHP configuration.

OS: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

I have uninstalled and reinstalled phpmyadmin, restarted the apache server to no avail.

What am I missing?

Thanks!

PHP version is 5.4.35 – JoeCodeCreations Jul 08 '15 at 17:24 — JoeCodeCreations, Jul 08 '15 at 17:24

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 08 '15 at 17:36

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To install mbstring,

sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5

restart your apache server

and.. check into your php.ini to activate extension.

answered Jul 08 '15 at 17:36

This is what happened: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done libapache2-mod-php5 is already the newest version. The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: account-plugin-windows-live libupstart1 Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. – JoeCodeCreations Jul 08 '15 at 17:41
So I looked into the php.ini file and uncommented the mbstring dll and then restarted the apache2 server. Still not working. Any other ideas? Specifically extension=php_mbstring.dll – JoeCodeCreations Jul 08 '15 at 17:46
into ubunto.. it is a "so" file.. not "dll".. but look into phpinfo() if you see it – Jean-philippe Emond Jul 08 '15 at 17:48
it is not listed within the phpinfo() file. – JoeCodeCreations Jul 08 '15 at 17:51
I tried adding .so instead of .dll and restarted. It did not work. – JoeCodeCreations Jul 08 '15 at 17:52
keep .dll .. but sorry i dont know what is your problem.. except rebuild php with the flag for mbstring I don't know what is problem... if you do "sudo service apache2 restart" and nothing append.. – Jean-philippe Emond Jul 08 '15 at 17:58
I think it is extension link dynamic not working. Will work on that for now. Thanks for your time. – JoeCodeCreations Jul 08 '15 at 18:41

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 06 '17 at 13:31

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When installing the various versions of php I had to add in the modules

phpbrew install 5.4.34 +apxs2 +default +mysql

edited Apr 06 '17 at 13:31

Quentin Hayot

answered Jul 14 '15 at 14:24

JoeCodeCreations

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 14 '16 at 03:36

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The only way helped me is sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin php-mbstring php-gettext My system - Ubuntu 16.04 server 64 bit, PHP7.0 Apache2

answered May 14 '16 at 03:36

Nikita Gladkii

3 Answers3