title: phpMyAdmin - Error : The mbstring extension is missing
body: <p>I'm getting this phpMyAdmin error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>****The mbstring extension is missing. Please check your PHP configuration.****</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I've searched for this solution many times and implemented step by step but still getting the same error.A couple of days back, it was running fine and now don't know what happened.Please help!</p>
  
  <p>Here are my <strong>php.ini</strong> settings:</p>
  
  <pre><code>; Directory in which the loadable extensions (modules) reside.
  ; http://php.net/extension-dir
  ;extension_dir = "./"
  ; On windows:
  extension_dir="C:\php\ext"
  
  
  extension=php_bz2.dll
  extension=php_curl.dll
  extension=php_mbstring.dll
  extension=php_exif.dll
  ;extension=php_fileinfo.dll
  extension=php_gd2.dll
  extension=php_gettext.dll
  ;extension=php_gmp.dll
  ;extension=php_intl.dll
  ;extension=php_imap.dll
  ;extension=php_interbase.dll
  ;extension=php_ldap.dll
  ;extension=php_mssql.dll
  extension=php_mbstring.dll
  ;extension=php_exif.dll      ; Must be after mbstring as it depends on it
  extension=php_mysql.dll
  extension=php_mysqli.dll
  ;extension=php_oci8.dll      ; Use with Oracle 10gR2 Instant Client
  ;extension=php_oci8_11g.dll  ; Use with Oracle 11gR2 Instant Client
  </code></pre>