How do i download mysqli extension?
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How to enable MySQLi? Before going to enable it on the server, I will share some ideas about MySQLi. Then, I should explain how we can enable MySQLi on a cpanel server and How we can check if MySQLi is already enabled or not in the server. What is MySQLi?Simply it’s a MySQL extension for PHP programming language. The MySQLi Extension (MySQL Improved) is a relational database driver used in the PHP programming language to provide an interface with MySQL databases. The developers of the PHP programming language recommend using MySQLi when dealing with MySQL server versions 4.1.3 and newer (takes advantage of new functionality). The MySQLi extension has a lot of benefits, some of them are listed below:
How to check the MySQLi extension is enabled or not on server?You can check the MySQLi extension from command line itself by executing the following command. # php -m | grep mysql
EasyApache 3We can simply enable the MySQLi extension by rebuilding the web-server with Easyapache script. It is very simple, just run the below pasted scripts from the command line as root user, and select the MySQLi from the extension list. See the attached image for more details: # /scripts/easyapache
 EasyApache 4You can directly enable it from the WHM panel. Please do the following steps to enable it. Step 1 : Log into WHM panel. Step 2 : Go to Home » Software » EasyApache 4 Step 3 : Click on “Customize” Step 4 : Go to PHP Extensions
In EasyApache 4, the mysqli extension is provided by the mysqlnd package. To illustrate this, here is a list of the files that are provided by the ea-php55-php-mysqlnd package. # rpm -ql ea-php55-php-mysqlnd
/opt/cpanel/ea-php55/root/etc/php.d/mysqlnd.ini
/opt/cpanel/ea-php55/root/etc/php.d/mysqlnd_mysql.ini
/opt/cpanel/ea-php55/root/etc/php.d/mysqlnd_mysqli.ini
/opt/cpanel/ea-php55/root/etc/php.d/pdo_mysqlnd.ini
/opt/cpanel/ea-php55/root/usr/lib64/php/modules/mysqlnd.so
/opt/cpanel/ea-php55/root/usr/lib64/php/modules/mysqlnd_mysql.so
/opt/cpanel/ea-php55/root/usr/lib64/php/modules/mysqlnd_mysqli.so
/opt/cpanel/ea-php55/root/usr/lib64/php/modules/pdo_mysqlnd.so
how to enable MySQLi extension on web-server without cPanel?In a server without cPanel, you need to compile the MySQL with the MySQLi extension. # ./configure --with-mysql=/usr --with-mysqli=/usr/bin/mysql_config
How to check the MySQLi extension is enabled on server?# php -m|grep mysql
mysql
mysqli
That’s it 🙂 Related links: Installation of Tomcat and adding JSP support for a domain on a cpanel server How do I download and install MySQLi?Simply download the installer package, unzip it anywhere, and run setup.exe. Default installer setup.exe will walk you through the trivial process and by default will install everything under C:\mysql.
How do I find MySQLi extension?Check if MySQLi is Installed
The first step is to check if MySQLi extension is installed. You can do that by visiting a phpinfo() page that you made, or by running this command: php -m | grep mysqli.
How do I fix MySQLi extension is missing?Follow this:. Go to your php_mysqli. dll path (in my case: C:/xampp/php/ext);. Move the php_mysqli. dll to the previous folder (C:/xampp/php);. Open php. ... . Change to the path where is your file: extension="C:\xampp\php\php_mysqli. ... . Restart your application (wampp, xampp, etc.). How do I enable MySQLi extension?how to enable MySQLi extension on web-server with cPanel?. Step 1 : Log into WHM panel.. Step 2 : Go to Home » Software » EasyApache 4.. Step 3 : Click on “Customize”. Step 4 : Go to PHP Extensions.. Does PHP come with MySQLi?The mysqli extension, or as it is sometimes known, the MySQL improved extension, was developed to take advantage of new features found in MySQL systems versions 4.1. 3 and newer. The mysqli extension is included with PHP versions 5 and later.
Can I use MySQLi in MySQL?The MySQLi functions allows you to access MySQL database servers. Note: The MySQLi extension is designed to work with MySQL version 4.1. 13 or newer.
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