title: XAMPP v3.2.2 with PHP 7.1 error The mbstring extension is missing. Please check your PHP configuration
body: <p>When trying to login to PhpMyAdmin, I'm getting the error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>The mbstring extension is missing. Please check your PHP configuration</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I'm using XAMPP v3.2.2 and PHP v7.2.1 on a Win7 machine.</p>
  
  <p>The error happened after setting up VS CODE to debug PHP..</p>
  
  <p>I've tried all solutions in similar posts, but none of them seem to work.</p>
  
  <p>The entries below in my php.ini file(entries that apparently are supposed to fix the problem) have been changed to :</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>extension_dir="C:\xampp\php\ext"   (set full path to ext folder)</p>
    
    <p>extension=mbstring   (uncommented )</p>
    
    <p>extension=mysqli    (uncommented )</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I'm still not able to login to phpmyadmin even after changing the entries.</p>
  
  <p>Please help</p>