How to enable/install the php fileinfo module for php 7.2

Question

I am running a nginx Server on ubuntu of which i am trying to install moodle. But I cant procédé with the setup because it needs the php fileinfo module enabled/or/instald. To be able to procédé with the instal of moodle.

Solution

On Ubuntu / Debian fileinfo is supposedly installed and enabled by default, so I find your problem a bit puzzling.

I suggest to check if in the file php.ini you have the following line, and if not then add it :

extension=fileinfo.so

If the file is commented out, just delete the ; at the beginning of the line.

If you still have a problem, check if you have the shared library fileinfo.so in the ext folder of PHP.

Comments

[Ilco Bosboom]

ive checkt the exstension folder.and the php.ini it seems to be added . but its not loading for some reason - i am using php-fpm v 7.2

[harrymc]

Something may be wrong with fileinfo.so. My guess would be a missing dependency. For checking see this post.

[harrymc]

See also stackoverflow.com/q/5127838/165358