The following extensions are missing! Please enable the PHP extension(s) in php.ini

Question

I am trying to install phpMyFAQ and i am getting the error

The following extensions are missing! Please enable the PHP extension(s) in php.ini.

Can anybody help me where I can find the place where I can enable it?

Answer 1

Find your php.ini. Find the section which looks like:

extension=bz2
extension=curl
;extension=ffi
;extension=ftp
extension=fileinfo
extension=gd2
extension=gettext
;extension=gmp
extension=intl
extension=imap
;extension=ldap
extension=mbstring
extension=exif
extension=mysqli
;extension=oci8_12c
;extension=odbc
;extension=openssl
;extension=pdo_firebird
extension=pdo_mysql
;extension=pdo_oci
;extension=pdo_odbc
;extension=pdo_pgsql
extension=pdo_sqlite
;extension=pgsql
;extension=shmop

etc.

Delete the semicolon before the extension(s) you need. Restart your Apache. Done.

And by the way: Hours of trying yourself saves ten minutes reading the manual. Which means: RTFM!

Answer 2

If you're using xampp, click on the apache config button > PHP(php.ini) and find the extension name then remove the semicolon (;) before it and save. If you're using cPanel, search "php version" you will find the extension there. screenshot