I have replaced mysql with percona in a cpanel server, but I am having issue with wordpress and opencart sites which require php-mysql extension. This issue was not there before percona and I am able replicate the problem on another server where I repeated same, replacing usual mysql with percona.
Both times I followed this cpanel documentation
Please somebody help. All my wp and open cart sites are throwing errors. "Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required by WordPress."
SOLVED I solved this issue. Basically the problem was with default libraries, php-mysql is no more default and it has been replaced with mysqlnd and official site has mentioned a way to compile php in this link. I just referred this and recompiled the php and problem solved.
Thank you friends for trying to solve my problem and in fact due to your suggestions, I could solve this. Thanks a lot, I dont know how to work on this site to thank you.