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Matthew Lang
Matthew Lang
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Posted by Matthew Lang
Matthew Lang
13,483 Points

MAMP phpMyAdmin - mysqli extension is missing?

Hey. I'm doing the php courses and MAMP is the recommended application to use for running Apache, PHP and mySQL. However, whenever I try to access phpMyAdmin I run into this error:

phpMyAdmin - Error The mysqli extension is missing. Please check your PHP configuration. See our documentation for more information.

I've had a look at the documentation, and it's took me to the directory where all the extensions are installed.

C:\MAMP\bin\php\php7.1.5\ext

There are many php_.dll files with different names however none are called mysqli or anywhere close to something being related to mysql. I have had a look on the internet and not found any solution to this, so I'm hoping you guys can help me. thank you :)