How to enable mbstring?

[2005]

I just discovered that mbstring on my new server is disabled. How do I enable it? Is it necessary to reinstall php?

Thanks.

[Houdini]

Well go to your php.ini and check that it looks like below:

;extension=php_maxdb.dll
extension=php_mbstring.dll

Note that the semicolon has been removed. multibyte string is disabled by default with PHP you must enable it yourself. From the Manual :

Installation

mbstring is a non-default extension. This means it is not enabled by default. You must explicitly enable the module with the configure option. See the Install section for details.