How to fix Ubuntu PHP error: Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required by WordPress.
Problem:
When loading your wordpress page, you see the following message:
Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required by WordPress.
Solution
Install the php[VERSION]-mysql package for the PHP version that is running wordpress.
For example:
sudo apt -y install php8.1-mysql
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