MySQL Forums :: PHP :: The mysqli extension is missing.

Hello,

I have followed this tutorial:

http://www.lynda.com/MySQL-5-tutorials/installing-apache-mysql-and-php/77958-2.html

and moved through these steps:

Installing Apache on Windows
Installing PHP with Apache on Windows
Installing MySQL on Windows
Installing phpMyAdmin on Windows

At this very last step, when i go to localhost/phpmyadmin i am getting the error:

phpMyAdmin - Error
The mysqli extension is missing. Please check your PHP configuration. <a href="Documentation.html#faqmysql" target="documentation"><img class="icon" src="./themes/pmahomme/img/b_help.png" width="11" height="11" alt="Documentation" title="Documentation" /></a>

My environment is:

OS:

Windows 7, 64 bit.

Apache:

httpd-2.2.20-win32-x86-openssl-0.9.8r.msi
from http://archive.apache.org/dist/httpd/binaries/win32/

PHP:

PHP 5.2 (5.2.17)
VC6 x86 Thread Safe (2011-Mar-22 13:29:30)
from http://windows.php.net/download/

MySQL:

MySQL Community Server 5.0.95
Windows (x86, 64-bit), ZIP Archive (mysql-5.0.95-winx64.zip)
from http://mysql.com/downloads/mysql/5.1.html#downloads - select version 5.0.95

phpMyAdmin

phpMyAdmin-3.4.10.1-english.zip
from http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/downloads.php

Can anyone please tell me the steps i need to take to get rid of this error message?

Thank You.