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davy_yg's avatar
Level 27

php artisan not working

Hello,

I wonder when trying to create controller I am getting this error message:

C:\xampp\htdocs\lekaeshop>php artisan make:controller PageController
PHP Warning:  Module 'mysqli' already loaded in Unknown on line 0

Warning: Module 'mysqli' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
Could not open input file: artisan

C:\xampp\htdocs\lekaeshop>php artisan
PHP Warning:  Module 'mysqli' already loaded in Unknown on line 0

Warning: Module 'mysqli' already loaded in Unknown on line 0
Could not open input file: artisan

C:\xampp\htdocs\lekaeshop>

How to solve it?

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esmaill23's avatar

I think you have loaded mysqli probably twice in php.ini.

Check /etc/php5/apache2 and /etc/php5/cli/. You should not load in each php.ini in this directories the extension mysqli .so. Only one file php.ini should load it.

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davy_yg's avatar
Level 27

I cannot find both /etc/php5/apache2 and /etc/php5/cli/ inside php.ini files. I wonder which part do I need to edit?

mvd's avatar

@davy_yg

if you run

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

You can find the php.ini file at 'Loaded Configuration File '

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