Title: error: PHP is missing MySQL extension
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# error: PHP is missing MySQL extension

 *  [mikemoog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikemoog/)
 * (@mikemoog)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-php-is-missing-mysql-extension/)
 * I’ve created the wp-config.php file with DB_HOST, DB_NAME etc, and uploaded everything,
   but when I “open /wp-admin/install.php in your browser” (which I take to mean,
   go to [http://www.mydomainname.com/wp-admin/install.php](http://www.mydomainname.com/wp-admin/install.php)),
   I get:
 * **“Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required
   by WordPress”**.
 * Our hosting at GoDaddy.com runs PHP 5.x and MySQL 5.0 (with mysqli extension),
   and has been working fine as such.
    What ‘extension’ does WordPress require? 
   Can’t find any reference. Or is something else wrong? Any suggestions? mike

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-php-is-missing-mysql-extension/#post-1331741)
 * If your GoDaddy hosting is not a Linux plan, you might consider changing to such
   a plan.
 *  [Go Daddy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gdhosting/)
 * (@gdhosting)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-php-is-missing-mysql-extension/#post-1331944)
 * [@mikemoog](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikemoog/)
    It’s pretty easy 
   to make the switch to Linux. Just follow these instructions – [http://help.godaddy.com/article/1285?isc=smfor1](http://help.godaddy.com/article/1285?isc=smfor1)

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-php-is-missing-mysql-extension/#post-1331944)
 * Status: not resolved

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