MySQL error after running for a day or so :-( (1 reply)

Win10 1803 64bit
WAMP 3.1.6 32 bit
Apache 2.4.3.5
PHP 7.2.10 (For CLI 5.6.38)
MySQL 5.7.23
MariaDB 10.3.9
Icon is Green

Installed in C:\wamp

127.0.0.1 localhost

127.0.0.1 seventhwave

127.0.0.1 shopy

127.0.0.1 clicks

127.0.0.1 cheat

127.0.0.1 fuse

127.0.0.1 elewp

127.0.0.1 welewp

::1 localhost

I have spent hours and tried every suggestion on the board and am at my wits end.

Was using the 64bit version of WAMP and experienced the same as below. I completely removed it and installed the 32bit version of WAMP.

After a clean install, WAMP works to create a virtual host and I install WordPress. It works for a day and the I receive the following error in the WAMP server home page when I try to launch phpmyadmin:

phpMyAdmin - Error
The mysqli extension is missing. Please check your PHP configuration. See our documentation for more information.

I receive the followin when I try and launch WordPress

Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() in F:\elewp\wp-includes\wp-db.php:1564 Stack trace: #0 F:\elewp\wp-includes\wp-db.php(592): wpdb->db_connect() #1 F:\elewp\wp-includes\load.php(409): wpdb->__construct('root', '', 'elewp', 'localhost') #2 F:\elewp\wp-settings.php(106): require_wp_db() #3 F:\elewp\wp-config.php(89): require_once('F:\\elewp\\wp-set...') #4 F:\elewp\wp-load.php(37): require_once('F:\\elewp\\wp-con...') #5 F:\elewp\wp-blog-header.php(13): require_once('F:\\elewp\\wp-loa...') #6 F:\elewp\index.php(17): require('F:\\elewp\\wp-blo...') #7 {main} thrown in F:\elewp\wp-includes\wp-db.php on line 1564

The only change I made was to php.ini in C:\wamp\bin\apache\apache2.4.35\bin\php.ini

to increase the file upload size.

Went thru ALL the trouble shooting tips and found the page that listed all the MS required downloads and the direcr download for the 32bit version.