Introduction: Mbstring stands for multi-bytes string functions that are used to manage non-ASCII strings. Mbstring stands for multi-byte string functions. Mbstring is used to convert strings to different encodings. Multibyte character encoding schemes are used to express more than 256 characters in the regular bytewise coding system.

Install Php Mbstring Module
Install Php Mbstring
Install Php Mbstring Centos 7

Prerequisites: I hope you already installed PHP so, you have PHP repository in your system if not please enable remi repository first.

Mbstring extension is missing on my PHP installation. How can I enable it? Mbstring is a non default extension, which means it won’t enabled with the normal PHP installation by default. But you can enable this module by using the configure option along with the installation process. More about Mbstring.
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Install mbstring

Download the files. Download the latest PHP 5 ZIP package from www.php.net/downloads.php.

Configure mbstring

Install Php Mbstring Module

The default configuration file of mbstring present in /etc/php.ini modifies it according to your requirement using vim or vi editor. below is the sample

Install Php Mbstring

Restart Apache Server (httpd)

Install Php Mbstring Centos 7

Verify mbstring Extension

For verifying we will create an info.php in /var/www/html/info.php

Save it and restart apache server (httpd) for reflecting changes

Now access this URL http://server_domain_name_or_IP/info.php in your browser

Conclusion:- Done, you’ve successfully installed and configured PHP mbstring extension in your system. If you’re facing any issue during installation and configuring it feel free to use our comment section for solutions.

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