title: Fatal error: Call to undefined function mb_detect_encoding() in C:\apache\htdocs\phpmyadmin\libraries\php-gettext\gettext.inc on line 177
body: <p>So I'm trying to get phpmyadmin running on windows 7, and I've gone through and installed all the proper programs/files (apache, mySQL, php, etc..) and i have the phpmyadmin folder in the right place in my directory, such that when I try to access it in my browser when the directory index is set to index.html it shows the whole directory. However, when I switch the directory to index.php i'm getting this error:</p>
  
  <p><code>Fatal error: Call to undefined function mb_detect_encoding() in C:\apache\htdocs\phpmyadmin\libraries\php-gettext\gettext.inc on line 177</code></p>
  
  <p>I've looked at a few support pages and everything (such as <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13351635/php-fatal-error-when-trying-to-access-phpmyadmin-mb-detect-encoding" title="this one">this one</a>) but all of the suggestions don't seem to be helping me out. Most of them talk about editing the php.ini file in the /php folder, but I don't even have that, I have a <code>php.ini-development</code> and <code>php.ini-production</code> file and thats it. Suggestions?? I have also tried reinstalling php to see if it was an issue with the installation...didn't work. Please help!</p>