As of PHP 7.4.0, pkg-config is used to detect the libonig library. Mbstring, but it was possible to build against an already installed libonig by passing -with-onig=DIR. Php-mbstring-7.2.24-1.moduleel8.2.0+313+b04d0a66.aarch64.rpm: A module for PHP applications which need multi-byte string handling: CentOS AppStream armhfp Official: php-mbstring-7.3.5-3.moduleel8.1.0+150+0d4e049c.armv7hl.rpm: A module for PHP applications which need multi-byte string handling: php-mbstring-7.2.11-2.moduleel8.1.0+107+03b9a8ff. As of PHP 7.4.0, pkg-config is used to detect the libonig library. Mbstring, but it was possible to build against an already installed libonig by passing -with-onig=DIR. It is possible to disable the multibyte regex backtrack.
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.
Prerequisites: I hope you already installed PHP so, you have PHP repository in your system if not please enable remi repository first.
Php_mbstring.dll
Install mbstring
Configure mbstring
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
Restart Apache Server (httpd)
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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All the installed PHP modules configuration files are available under /etc/php/PHP_VERSION/mods-available directory. You can see the number of files with extension .ini. You must have installed specific PHP modules, you need to enable before using this tutorial. The php-common package provides followings commands to manage PHP modules.
- phpenmod – Used to enable modules in PHP
- phpdismod – Used to disable modules in PHP
- phpquery – Used to view status of modules of PHP
There are 3 types of SAPI (Server API) available – CLI, FPM, Apache2 being the most commonly used. You can define SAPI using
-s
switch to enable/disable module for that only.Enable PHP Modules
Use phpenmod command followed by module name to enable specific PHP module on your system. In below example, the first command is an example and the second command will enable mbstring module for all installed PHP versions and all SAPI.
Php_mbstring.dll Download
You can also define the PHP version using
-v
switch to enable specific modules. Using this you will enable module for all SAPI.Php Mbstring Extension Missing
Use
-s
switch to define the SAPI to enable specific modules for specific SAPI for all PHP versions.You can also define both the PHP version and SAPI for the more specific update.
Disable PHP Modules
You can also disable any un-necessary PHP modules from your system using phpdismod command. For example, disable mbstring module for ALL PHP versions and all SAPI.
To disable any module for specific PHP version use command like below.
To disable any module for specific SAPI on all PHP versions, use command like below.