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If you want to have mbstring work on a LAMP server with yum (Fedora, Redhat, Centos) or apt-get (Ubuntu, Debian) then  do this
1) As root from the CLI ''yum install php-mbstring'' or in the apt-get case ''apt-get install php-mbstring''
For php7 on Centos do:  "yum install php70-mbstring"
Then restart Apache
either ''/etc/init.d/httpd'' restart'' or possibly ''/etc/init.d/apache2 restart''
Then check your server Environment again and the whinge from Moodle should have gone away and rewarded you with a nice tick or such-like.
To enable the mbstring library in Windows package installations of Moodle:
To enable the mbstring library in Windows package installations of Moodle:


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# Restart apache if necessary
# Restart apache if necessary


This page needs to be enhanced by adding corresponding instructions for other kinds of Moodle installations.
Note: This page needs to be enhanced by adding corresponding instructions for other kinds of Moodle installations.
 
==See also==
 
* Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=39977 php_extension mbstring is recommended to be installed/enabled] forum discussion


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Latest revision as of 09:53, 22 May 2017

If you want to have mbstring work on a LAMP server with yum (Fedora, Redhat, Centos) or apt-get (Ubuntu, Debian) then do this

1) As root from the CLI yum install php-mbstring or in the apt-get case apt-get install php-mbstring

For php7 on Centos do: "yum install php70-mbstring"

Then restart Apache

either /etc/init.d/httpd restart or possibly /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Then check your server Environment again and the whinge from Moodle should have gone away and rewarded you with a nice tick or such-like.


To enable the mbstring library in Windows package installations of Moodle:

  1. Open the php.ini file found in the moodle/apache/bin folder or Windows folder
  2. Find the line: ;extension=php_mbstring.dll
  3. Remove the ; at the beginning of the line
  4. Restart apache if necessary

Note: This page needs to be enhanced by adding corresponding instructions for other kinds of Moodle installations.

See also