How to use phpMyAdmin with mysqlnd

Question

When I run my php code with full error reporting I get :

Warning: mysqli::mysqli(): Headers and client library minor version mismatch.

I found out that I should switch to mysqlnd by uninstalling mysqli as it is discussed here: Headers and client library minor version mismatch

After migration I see that phpMyAdmin is not working anymore. so I had to uninstall php-mysqlnd package and install php-mysql again.

So my question is: "Does phpMyAdmin able to work with mysqlnd?"

Answer 1

After asking the same question in CentOS forum, I got a solution to this:

https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=53726

The trick is to not issue the "yum remove php-mysql" and "yum install php-mysqlnd" in separate commands, but instead one must issue the following:

# yum shell
> remove  php-mysql
> install php-mysqlnd
> run
> quit

The above prevents the phpMyAdmin to be remove automatically, and the upgrade will happen smoothly without breaking the phpMyAdmin package.