{"id":20382,"date":"2026-03-12T19:20:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T23:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=20382"},"modified":"2026-03-12T19:28:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T23:28:55","slug":"my-wordpress-gave-this-error-your-php-installation-appears-to-be-missing-the-mysql-extension-after-upgrading-php-version-8-4-in-godaddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=20382","title":{"rendered":"My WordPress gave this error: \"Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension\" after upgrading php (version 8.4) in Godaddy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I upgraded PHP \"manually\" in Godaddy to avoid the $35\/month PHP up to date feature. I think it's also time to find a new web space host with the coming renewal on 3\/26 for $15\/month. <strong>IONOS <\/strong>seems to be the choice on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/webdevelopment\/comments\/1n4s7sp\/hostinger_review_is_it_a_good_hosting_service\/\">Reddit<\/a> (over <strong>Hostinger<\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google AI overview solution works:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step-by-Step Guide for GoDaddy cPanel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Log in<\/strong>&nbsp;to your GoDaddy account.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Navigate to your&nbsp;<strong>Web Hosting<\/strong>&nbsp;product page and select&nbsp;<strong>Manage<\/strong>&nbsp;next to the desired cPanel account.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the account Dashboard, select&nbsp;<strong>cPanel Admin<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once in cPanel, under the&nbsp;<strong>Software<\/strong>&nbsp;section, select&nbsp;<strong>Select PHP Version<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the PHP Version page, check the boxes for the necessary MySQL extensions. You will likely need:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><code>mysqli<\/code><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><code>pdo_mysql<\/code><\/strong>&nbsp;(sometimes enabled by enabling&nbsp;<code>mysqlnd<\/code>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><code>mysqlnd<\/code><\/strong>&nbsp;(often a core component for modern PHP MySQL interactions)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The changes should save automatically, and a success message will appear.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Reload your website<\/strong>&nbsp;to check if the error is resolved.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I upgraded PHP \"manually\" in Godaddy to avoid the $35\/month PHP up to date feature. I think it's also time to find a new web space host with the coming renewal on 3\/26 for $15\/month. IONOS seems to be the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=20382\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20382"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20385,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20382\/revisions\/20385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}