Question
How do I enable msqli on my server?
- Posted on December 13, 2016
- PHPMySQLUbuntu 16.04
Asked by MikeChops
I’m trying to use a script, but I’m getting an error. Apparently the error is caused by not having “mysqli_connect” enabled. Could anybody offer any insight to correcting this? I tried using different versions of PHP with no fix.
I am using ServerPilot as well. Thanks!
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The mysqli package is shipped seperately from the core php packages. You can install it with:
Once that completes you’ll want to restart Apache (if you’re using it with mod_php):
Or php-fpm if you’re using nginx or another web server using fpm for PHP: