Title: Installation Error
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Installation Error

 *  [mike-worley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mike-worley/)
 * (@mike-worley)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-error-31/)
 * I receive this error message when I try to install. I know a MySQL database is
   installed because I created it myself. **Your PHP installation appears to be 
   missing the MySQL extension which is required by WordPress.** Any ideas?

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
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 * Last reply from: [mike-worley](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mike-worley/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/installation-error-31/)
 * Status: not resolved

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