The mysqli|mysql extension is missing - php

Question

I cannot find a way to solve this. I have done pretty much everything I can think of, I am kind of new to this stuff, so sometimes I am not sure I am doing it right. I have xampp and am trying to use phpmyadmin to work with databases. I have added the extensions:
extension=php_bz2.dll
extension=php_curl.dll
extension=php_mbstring.dll
;extension=php_fileinfo.dll
extension=php_gd2.dll
extension=php_gettext.dll
;extension=php_gmp.dll
;extension=php_intl.dll
;extension=php_imap.dll
;extension=php_interbase.dll
;extension=php_ldap.dll
extension=php_mssql.dll
;extension=mysqli.so
extension=php_mbstring.dll
extension=php_exif.dll Must be after mbstring as it depends on it
extension=php_mysql.dll
extension=php_mysqli.dll
;extension=php_oci8.dll ; Use with Oracle 10gR2 Instant Client
;extension=php_oci8_11g.dll ; Use with Oracle 11gR2 Instant Client
extension=php_openssl.dll
;extension=php_pdo_firebird.dll
extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll
;extension=php_pdo_oci.dll
;extension=php_pdo_odbc.dll
;extension=php_pdo_pgsql.dll
extension=php_pdo_sqlite.dll
extension=php_pdo_sqlite_external.dll
;extension=php_pgsql.dll
;extension=php_pspell.dll
;extension=php_shmop.dll
What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Strange, because php comes with the mysqli extension as part of it's core extensions.
1 - Make sure the file php_mysqli.dll exists in:
drive:\xamp_install_dir\bin\php\php<phpversion>\ext\
if so, copy the following line to your php.ini
extension=php_mysqli.dll
2 - Restart apache, and create a file named test.php with the following content:
<?php
echo phpinfo();
?>
3 - Open it on your browser a search for :
4 - Found it?
Yes: Good, you're ready to go.
No: You may need to re-install wamp
NOTE:
Don't worry about php_mysql.dll because it's deprecated.