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Hi, newb need some help here!

phpMyAdmin gives following error message: "The mbstring PHP extension was not found and you seem to be using a multibyte charset. Without the mbstring extension phpMyAdmin is unable to split strings correctly and it may result in unexpected results."

So, how I do enable that feature?

I try like this: I copy php_mbstring.dll:n to C:\PHP-folder and edit C:\Windows\php.ini -file: 'extension=php_php_mbstring.dll', but it did not remove that phpMyAdminin's error message.

I'am using WinXP pro SP2 with:
apache 2.0.55 win32-x86 no_ssl
php 4.4.1
mysql essentia 4.1.16 win32
phpMyAdmin 2.7.0 pl2

PHP4 is installed with installer and php4apache2.dll is copied to C:\PHP- folder from php-4.4.1-Win32.zip- packed, and Apache's httpd.conf -file is edit required changes what is needed by php4.

sorry for my BAD english! =(

> phpMyAdmin gives following error message: "The mbstring PHP extension
> was not found and you seem to be using a multibyte charset. Without
> the mbstring extension phpMyAdmin is unable to split strings correctly
> and it may result in unexpected results."
>
> So, how I do enable that feature?
>
> I try like this: I copy php_mbstring.dll to C:\PHP-folder and edit
> C:\Windows\php.ini -file: 'extension=php_php_mbstring.dll', but it
> did not remove that phpMyAdminin's error message.

I think you have a "php_" too much. If removing that still does not
work, check if the extension_dir is set to the directory containing the
file php_mbstring.dll

Best regards

Just uncomment (remove the semicolon at the beginning) this line in
php.ini file:

extension=php_mbstring.dll

That should do the trick. Multibyte string extension is not enabled by
default and if you want to manipulate strings in multibyte character
sets (like UTF-8) you need to use the mb_* functions - and they're only
available if mbstring extension is enabled.

By the way this should go to a PHP group, as it's not really MySQL
related ;-)

Michal

"Dikkie Dik" <nospam@nospam.org> wrote in message news:dqfvh0$2ls$1@news.cistron.nl...

:> phpMyAdmin gives following error message: "The mbstring PHP extension
: > was not found and you seem to be using a multibyte charset. Without
: > the mbstring extension phpMyAdmin is unable to split strings correctly
: > and it may result in unexpected results."
: > So, how I do enable that feature?
: > I try like this: I copy php_mbstring.dll to C:\PHP-folder and edit
: > C:\Windows\php.ini -file: 'extension=php_php_mbstring.dll', but it
: > did not remove that phpMyAdminin's error message.
: I think you have a "php_" too much. If removing that still does not
: work, check if the extension_dir is set to the directory containing the
: file php_mbstring.dll

It really was 'extension=php_mbstring.dll'. I change 'extension_dir = "./"' to
'extension_dir = "C:\PHP"' (becouse I copied php_mbstring.dll to there) and
reboot computer but it doesnt help... =(

"Michal Stankoviansky" <michal.stankoviansky@gmail.com> wrote in message

: Just uncomment (remove the semicolon at the beginning) this line in
: php.ini file:
:
: extension=php_mbstring.dll
:
: That should do the trick. Multibyte string extension is not enabled by

That was what I exactly did.

: By the way this should go to a PHP group, as it's not really MySQL
: related ;-)

Ok, continue to there...

> It really was 'extension=php_mbstring.dll'. I change 'extension_dir = "./"' to
> 'extension_dir = "C:\PHP"' (becouse I copied php_mbstring.dll to there) and
> reboot computer but it doesnt help... =(
>
Could you try adding a trailing slash? Like:
extension_dir="C:\PHP\"
Best regards

"Dikkie Dik" <nospam@nospam.org> wrote in message news:dqm0mm$g0o$1@news.cistron.nl...

> Could you try adding a trailing slash? Like:
> extension_dir="C:\PHP\"
> Best regards

It didnt help. Thanks anyway for all the suggestions...