[Bug 1577482] Re: PHPMyAdmin requires mbstring

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Title:
  PHPMyAdmin requires mbstring

Status in phpmyadmin package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  When trying to use PHPMyAdmin without the mbstring extension installed, I get a fatal error on the main page:
  "The mbstring extension is missing. Please check your PHP configuration."

  This is coming from line 95 in /usr/share/phpmyadmin/libraries/common.inc.php:
  /**
   * Warning about mbstring.
   */
  if (! function_exists('mb_detect_encoding')) {
      PMA_warnMissingExtension('mbstring', $fatal = true);
  }

  This is an unconditional check, so this should be a Depends.

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