Recently I had configured Web server with PHP under Fedora core. Everything was working fine except the installation of phpMyAdmin, reported an error as follows:
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.
Following command helped me to find out the exact package name:
# yum search mbstring
Following command installed the package php-mbstring.i386 for fedora core 4:
# yum install php-mbstring.i386
Do not forget to restart web server.
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very helpful..and straight forward. thanks a lot
You are a smart guy… Thank you for helping me fix this issue.
Hi…I am having this problem but I did not understand whrere this command goes..?!!
Can you please explain more
Thanks! Works perfect
Thanks!!! Came up pretty high on google once you subtract “-windows” & “-dll”. I hate when those windows guys muck up my apache/mysql/php searches ;-)
Great Hint! You are A Godsend!
Excellent and worked well.
Such a simple solution, yum is a godsend!!!
Thanks Man!
Sometimes we forget the very basic thing.
Thanks -:)
Thankx Man, perfect help…
it’s the same in the new centos 5.3
Steve
RefinanceRight.org
THE BEST SOLUTIONNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sos groso.
Seemed too simple but it didn’t work for me.
it`s working) the simplest way) thanks
thanks man, it worked like a charm!
Great! just what i was searching!