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Question about phpMyAdmin config.inc.php file

I've never used PHP or MySQL before, so this is all new to me. I'm trying to set up EasyAPNS so that I can send push notifications to iOS devices, and in order for this to work, I need MySQLi to be enabled. Well, I can't seem to figure out how to do that exactly... However, in phpMyAdmin's config.inc.php file I did notice this line:
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['extension'] = 'mysql';

If I change mysql to mysqli will MySQLi be enabled then? See the link below, this is why I think it should work. Thanks for your help!
http://wiki.phpmyadmin.net/pma/mysqli
This is in php.ini. Is it commented out right now? What's the deal? Once it is uncommented, then changing the config.inc.php file should put it in full effect, right?

A:

If im not mistaken mysqli should be enabled in the php.ini file. PHPMYADMIN is just an interface where you can adminster your DB. It has nothing to do with the application that you create. To actually turn on mysqli open your php.ini file then locate a line called
extension=php_mysqli.dll

and uncomment it. But for this to work your php must be compiled with it. To make sure of that restart your apache server and run
phpinfo();

