Title: Mbstring PHP extension was not found…
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Mbstring PHP extension was not found…

 *  [elliotlapin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/elliotlapin/)
 * (@elliotlapin)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mbstring-php-extension-was-not-found/)
 * In phpMyAdmin, my screen displays the following message:
 * “The mbstring PHP extension was not found and you seem to be using a multibyte
   charset. Without the mbstring extension phpMyAdmin is unable to split strings
   correctly and it may result in unexpected results.”
 * I’m having a multitude of “complications” –but dont’ know if this is related 
   to any of them. How would I know if this “needs fixing”? And if it does, how 
   do I get smart about getting it done? Thanks.

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 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mbstring-php-extension-was-not-found/#post-517614)
 * What is your charset (collation) setting for your mysql database? When you look
   with phpmyadmin it should be on the main screen (1st one) sort of to the bottom
   right (usually?).

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 * [database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/database/)
 * [mbstring](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/mbstring/)
 * [phpmyadmin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/phpmyadmin/)

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 * Last reply from: [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * Last activity: [19 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mbstring-php-extension-was-not-found/#post-517614)
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