Answers.Body: <p>As these things go, after I posted my question, I clicked "Refresh" in the Wamp menu and now my site works. I'm not sure what changed, especially since I already restarted the entire program several times, but all's well that ends well.</p>
  
  <p>Configuration after refreshing:
  <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/2k0Ra.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/2k0Ra.png" alt="new wamp config"></a></p>
  
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Answers.Text: Update: I think maybe I didn't shut down Wamp properly the previous time? I just got the error again, and I think that may be what happened.
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Body: <p>I'm using WampServer Version 3.0.4 64bit on Windows 10 to run a local dev site. It's been working fine for a few weeks, and I last opened the site about 5 days ago. Today when I go to my site, I'm getting this error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Craft CMS requires the PHP multibyte string extension in order to run.
    Please talk to your host/IT department about enabling it on your
    server.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I checked my PHP extensions menu in Wamp, and there is a check mark next to php_mbstring, so it seems to be enabled.</p>
  
  <p>When I go to localhost in my browser to view my Wamp home page, I see the following error: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p><strong>* ERROR *</strong> The PHP configuration loaded file is: - should be: c:/wamp64/bin/apache/apache2.4.18/bin/php.ini or
    c:/wamp64/bin/php/php5.6.19/phpforapache.ini</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I don't know if this is new, but I haven't changed anything in my wamp configuration files since the site was working.</p>
  
  <p>Full Wamp configuration, in case it's helpful:
  <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/N472N.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/N472N.png" alt="Here&#39;s my wamp setup"></a></p>
  
  <p>I'm fairly new to both Wamp and Craft, so not sure where the problem lies. Thanks in advance for any help!</p>
  
Tags: <error-message><php><server>
Title: PHP mbstring extension isn't enabled? (WampServer)
ThreadText: # PHP mbstring extension isn't enabled? (WampServer)
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-08-23)
  
  I'm using WampServer Version 3.0.4 64bit on Windows 10 to run a local dev site. It's been working fine for a few weeks, and I last opened the site about 5 days ago. Today when I go to my site, I'm getting this error:
  
  > Craft CMS requires the PHP multibyte string extension in order to run.
  > Please talk to your host/IT department about enabling it on your
  > server.
  
  I checked my PHP extensions menu in Wamp, and there is a check mark next to php\_mbstring, so it seems to be enabled.
  
  When I go to localhost in my browser to view my Wamp home page, I see the following error:
  
  > **\* ERROR \*** The PHP configuration loaded file is: - should be: c:/wamp64/bin/apache/apache2.4.18/bin/php.ini or
  > c:/wamp64/bin/php/php5.6.19/phpforapache.ini
  
  I don't know if this is new, but I haven't changed anything in my wamp configuration files since the site was working.
  
  Full Wamp configuration, in case it's helpful:
  [![Here's my wamp setup](https://i.sstatic.net/N472N.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/N472N.png)
  
  I'm fairly new to both Wamp and Craft, so not sure where the problem lies. Thanks in advance for any help!
  
  **Tags:** error-message, php, server
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2016-08-23. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  As these things go, after I posted my question, I clicked "Refresh" in the Wamp menu and now my site works. I'm not sure what changed, especially since I already restarted the entire program several times, but all's well that ends well.
  
  Configuration after refreshing:
  [![new wamp config](https://i.sstatic.net/2k0Ra.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/2k0Ra.png)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Update: I think maybe I didn't shut down Wamp properly the previous time? I just got the error again, and I think that may be what happened.  
  
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