Page 2 - mbstring configuration

Previous answer is correct for linux users;
on CentOS i've installed php-mbstring package,and it's all right now.

yum install php-mbstring

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andrew s, aston university

andrew s, aston university thanks!

You solved my problem.

Kas

I am having the same issue with mb_string but the only problem is I am using IIS/PHP/PHPMYADMIN setup, the path to C:phpext is correct but it does not allow access to mb_string.dll even if its uncommented. It just thinks the file is access denied! Currently I am being drivin up the wall with this error, I have checked everywhere no luck with my config.

fantastic that worked for my fedora 5 thank you

I'm having the same issues with FreeBSD 6.0 and PHP 5.1.3. I have not been able to locate the php-mbstring port or pkg for 5.1.3. Any help would be appriceted..

Regards, Eddie

had the same problem with IIS5 and PHP5 phpmyadmin..

thanks for the great help

Hmm....

I simply do not understand this one. I had PHP 5 running fine on RHEL/4. I then realized that I was not using the php.ini, because well it was not even in existence where phpinfo() said php was looking for it. So I copied the php.ini-recommended to that location, and now I get the mbstring error in phpmyadmin. Before i did not recieve any errors. :-(

When I try to install :
yum install php-mbstring

I get the next message:
Cannot find a package matching php-mbstring
No actions to take

if your yum reposity doesn't have it, you cant install it.

If you compile PHP from scratch, you need to add --enable-mbstring to the configure line. Then "make" and "make install" as usual.

I have the same problem and my system is LAMP(redhat 9 linux+apache2.0.58+mysql5+php5)
how could I slove this problem?
thanks a million^_^

I have the same problem and my system is LAMP(redhat 9 linux+apache2.0.58+mysql5+php5)
how could I slove this problem?
thanks a million^_^

Hi mate,
i having same problem do u know where excatly that base dir in apache, i am kind of confuse.
Thanks,

hi everyone
!!!NEED HELP !!!

when i try to run phpmyadmin i am having an error message at the bottom which says:

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.

i found ;extension=php_mbstring.dll in php.ini and uncomment it like extension=php_mbstring.dll
but i did not quite understand how to copy php_mbstring.dll to base dir can some one tell me where is that base dir for apache.
ANY HELP THAT SOMEONE COULD GIVE ME WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED REALLY STUCKED.
THANKS...