How to Fix "Your PHP Installation Appears to Be Missing the MySQL Extension"

💪 “Your PHP Installation Appears to Be Missing the MySQL Extension Which Is Required by WordPress” is not a fun error to see on your WordPress website when you’ve got more important things to do! Let’s dive right into what you need to do to remove that error, address the missing MySQL extension, and learn why it happens in the first place so you can prevent it happening again.

⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:20 What you’ll need to fix it
00:28 The solution to the missing MySQL extention
02:50 The cause of this error

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https://www.php.net/manual/en/mysql.installation.php

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