title: Enable mysqli on Linux AMI EC2 Instance for phpMyAdmin 5.0.2 install
body: <p>I am trying to enable the mysqli php extension on my Linux AMI EC2 Instance so I can access phpMyAdmin 5.0.2. The current version of php that was installed is 7.2. When I go to access try to access phpMyAdmin console, it says it is missing the mysqli extension. I ran the following command to check to see if it is enabled and it just comes out blank:</p>
  <p><code>php -m | grep mysqli</code></p>
  <p>So, I successfully installed mysqli by running:</p>
  <p><code>sudo su yum install yum install php72-mysqli -y</code></p>
  <p>I then successfully restarted the Apache server using the following command:</p>
  <p><code>sudo su service httpd restart</code></p>
  <p>I then ran the <code>php -m | grep mysqli</code> to see if mysqli was enabled and the command does not produce anything showing it is enabled.</p>
  <p>Can anyone help me enable the mysqli php extension?</p>