XAMPP "module 'mysqli' already loaded" error?

Had XAMPP configured and running properly, was able to access phpmyadmin and execute php code on the local server. This morning after starting XAMPP and starting Apache, I get a message saying: "module 'mysqli' already loaded."

I can't log into phpmyadmin- I see the login page, but when I click "go" I simply get a blank page. I was practicing submitting forms into a DB, everything was working fine, now after submitting the form a message comes back: "connect failed with: (2002) A connection attempt faile开发者_高级运维d because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond. "

The XAMPP status page shows everything as being activated. I don't remember making any config changes or doing anything else that could have caused this.

Appreciate any input.

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I fixed this by editing my php.ini and commenting these lines back out:

;extension=php_mysqli_mysqlnd.dll
;extension=php_mysqli_libmysql.dll

and typing in this line in their place:

extension=php_mysqli.dll

Worked perfectly.

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disable or comment duplicate extension=mysqli in your php.ini

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Open your php.ini file and comment out the duplicate line below

extension=mysqli
;extension=mysqli