What is Mbstring?
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. The mbstring extension is what php uses to parse different language encoding’s. This article will explain how to install the mbstring extension through shell. NOTE: cPanel has recently announced the deprecation of EasyApache 3 (EA3) and that the last version of cPanel to support EA3 is version 11.62. ME # yum install php-mbstring Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile Setting up Install Process Package php-mbstring-5.3.3-27.el65.x8664 already installed and latest version Nothing to do. From what i can see it is trying to install on 5.3 not 5.4. I am by no means a linux/php guru so please give.
The Mbstring is an extension of PHP and stands for multi-byte string functions. It is basically used to represent the non-ASCII strings. As there are many languages those can be represented by one to one mapping to an 8-bit value but also some languages those require more than 8-bit mapping, thus, they need the mbstring to encode multibyte characters and express more than 256 unique value or characters in the regular bytewise coding system. Mbstring is designed to handle Unicode-based encodings such as UTF-8 and UCS-2 and many single-byte encodings for convenience PHP Character Encoding Requirements.
If you are dealing with some web applications based on PHP that deals in the multibyte characters language then it will require the mbstring PHP extension. Here is the way to install or enable the mbstring PHP extension on a server with WHM/Cpanel.
How to enable mbstring PHP extension in WHM:
Step 1: Login to your WHM (web hosting management) installed on VPS or dedicated server.
Step 2: You need to log in it as root.
Step 3: After successfully accessing the WHM, search the Software section from the left side options panel of the WHM.
Step 4: Under the Software, click on the EasyApache.
Step 5: On the top of the EasyApache4 you will find your current installed Cpanel profile that consists of all packages of Apache and PHP.
Step 6: Click on the Customize button.
Step 7: From the left side given options select the PHP extensions.
Step 8: Now in the search box type mbstring
Step 9: The system will search and show you the available mbstring extensions corresponding to the available PHP versions.
Step 10: If you want to enable mbstring for all available PHP version then simple toggle the button given in front of them. Or slide the toggle only to specific PHP version’s mbstring.
Step 11: After enabling the mbstring, click on the Review option given on the left side.
Step 12: Scroll down and click on the Provision button. As you click on this button the WHM will install the mbstring php extension for all Cpanel account created under that.
How to enable mbstring PHP extension in Cpanel:
If you don’t want to enable the mbstring for all Cpanel accounts then the administrator or the user can directly login to its website’s Cpanel account to enable the mbstring PHP extension.
Here for tutorial purpose, we are using the Godaddy Cpanel of some shared hosting. However, the steps will be the same for other hosting services such as Bluehost, Kinsta, Hostgator and more.
- Go to your Hosting provider.
- Login to access your website Cpanel Dashboard.
- Scroll down to the Software section of the Cpanel.
- Click on the option “Select PHP version“
- Now you will get a screen with all available PHP extensions. And on the top left side, you will see the drop down box to select the PHP version you want to enable for your website.
- Change the version, if you required otherwise leave it as it is.
- Now find the mbstring extension from the given extensions packages.
- When you found the mbstring, just check the box given in front of it in order to enable.
- After selecting the mbstring, click on the Save button given at the bottom.
Php Enable Mbstring
In this way, you can install or enable the mbstring PHP extension for your web applications from WHM or Cpanel.
- Installing/Configuring
- Multibyte String Functions
- mb_check_encoding — Check if strings are valid for the specified encoding
- mb_chr — Get a specific character
- mb_convert_case — Perform case folding on a string
- mb_convert_encoding — Convert character encoding
- mb_convert_kana — Convert 'kana' one from another ('zen-kaku', 'han-kaku' and more)
- mb_convert_variables — Convert character code in variable(s)
- mb_decode_mimeheader — Decode string in MIME header field
- mb_decode_numericentity — Decode HTML numeric string reference to character
- mb_detect_encoding — Detect character encoding
- mb_detect_order — Set/Get character encoding detection order
- mb_encode_mimeheader — Encode string for MIME header
- mb_encode_numericentity — Encode character to HTML numeric string reference
- mb_encoding_aliases — Get aliases of a known encoding type
- mb_ereg_match — Regular expression match for multibyte string
- mb_ereg_replace_callback — Perform a regular expression search and replace with multibyte support using a callback
- mb_ereg_replace — Replace regular expression with multibyte support
- mb_ereg_search_getpos — Returns start point for next regular expression match
- mb_ereg_search_getregs — Retrieve the result from the last multibyte regular expression match
- mb_ereg_search_init — Setup string and regular expression for a multibyte regular expression match
- mb_ereg_search_pos — Returns position and length of a matched part of the multibyte regular expression for a predefined multibyte string
- mb_ereg_search_regs — Returns the matched part of a multibyte regular expression
- mb_ereg_search_setpos — Set start point of next regular expression match
- mb_ereg_search — Multibyte regular expression match for predefined multibyte string
- mb_ereg — Regular expression match with multibyte support
- mb_eregi_replace — Replace regular expression with multibyte support ignoring case
- mb_eregi — Regular expression match ignoring case with multibyte support
- mb_get_info — Get internal settings of mbstring
- mb_http_input — Detect HTTP input character encoding
- mb_http_output — Set/Get HTTP output character encoding
- mb_internal_encoding — Set/Get internal character encoding
- mb_language — Set/Get current language
- mb_list_encodings — Returns an array of all supported encodings
- mb_ord — Get code point of character
- mb_output_handler — Callback function converts character encoding in output buffer
- mb_parse_str — Parse GET/POST/COOKIE data and set global variable
- mb_preferred_mime_name — Get MIME charset string
- mb_regex_encoding — Set/Get character encoding for multibyte regex
- mb_regex_set_options — Set/Get the default options for mbregex functions
- mb_scrub — Description
- mb_send_mail — Send encoded mail
- mb_split — Split multibyte string using regular expression
- mb_str_split — Given a multibyte string, return an array of its characters
- mb_strcut — Get part of string
- mb_strimwidth — Get truncated string with specified width
- mb_stripos — Finds position of first occurrence of a string within another, case insensitive
- mb_stristr — Finds first occurrence of a string within another, case insensitive
- mb_strlen — Get string length
- mb_strpos — Find position of first occurrence of string in a string
- mb_strrchr — Finds the last occurrence of a character in a string within another
- mb_strrichr — Finds the last occurrence of a character in a string within another, case insensitive
- mb_strripos — Finds position of last occurrence of a string within another, case insensitive
- mb_strrpos — Find position of last occurrence of a string in a string
- mb_strstr — Finds first occurrence of a string within another
- mb_strtolower — Make a string lowercase
- mb_strtoupper — Make a string uppercase
- mb_strwidth — Return width of string
- mb_substitute_character — Set/Get substitution character
- mb_substr_count — Count the number of substring occurrences
- mb_substr — Get part of string
Php Extension Mbstring
Enable Php_mbstring.dll From Cpanel
- Human Language and Character Encoding Support
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