Title rewritten to read: Fatal error: Call to undefined function mb_detect_encoding()

Question

I received this error after trying to set up LAMP following this tutorial and found myself getting the above error after trying to set up phpmyadmin.

Fatal error: Call to undefined function mb_detect_encoding() C:WebServerApachehtdocsphpmyadminlibrariesphp-gettextgettext.inc At line 177

I followed the advice here: PHP fatal error while trying to access phpmyadmin mb_detect_encoding and made these changes.

When I run phpinfo() I see that support for MySQL and mb_string is enabled like this:

Answer 1

There are easier ways than recompiling PHP. Just yum install the required mbstring library:

Example:How to install PHP mbstring on CentOS 6.2

yum --enablerepo=remi install php-mbstring

Oh, don’t forget to restart apache afterward.

Answer 2

Also install the gd library.

Check this link http://www.php.net/manual/en/mbstring.installation.php