phpMyAdmin mbstring error

Question

Whenever I try to enter my phpMyAdmin, it gives me this error:

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

I've looked all over the Internet for a fix, but all I've found is errors similar to mine, but not the same, or the exact same but there was no fix given.

I am also using Windows.

Answer 1

In Centos I have installed a php extension. I did this with:

yum install php-mbstring 

Answer 2

Before sometime I also had the same problem. I have tried replacing the .dll file but no result. After some debugging I found the solution.

I had this in my php.ini file:

extension_dir = "ext"

And I'm getting mbstring extension missing error. So I tried putting the full path for the extension directory and it works for me. like:

extension_dir = "C:\php\ext"

Hope this will help.

Cheers,