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issue during restore with Nextcloud 28: mysqli not installed

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
php
Domain
backend, databases

Research direction

No files or tests are named. Start by reproducing the restore failure with Nextcloud 28 and PHP 8.2, then trace where the restore path requires mysqli. Done means the issue has a confirmed compatible restore path or a clearly identified dependency and corresponding test coverage.

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Description

During restore I ran into the issue that mysqli is not installed.
Nextcloud 28 is based on PHP 8.2 and mysqli is no longer supported.

Dominant language
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