Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension, is a common issue that many users face after installing WordPress. This happens when the PHP installation on the server is missing the required MySQL extension that is required by WordPress to make connections to the MySQL database it is connected to.
Worry not, this is quite easy to fix. There are different ways to fix this depending on the kind of hosting plan you are on.
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