Php7 Installation of wordpress on nginx throwing PHP installation missing MySQL extension which is required by WordPress
<p>How can I fix this? im trying to do a <code>clean</code> install of wordpress <code>latest</code> on ubuntu 16 running <code>nginx</code> for <code>Php7</code></p>

<p>When i access :
<a href="http://blog.mysite.com/wordpress/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://blog.mysite.com/wordpress/</a></p>

<p>I get: </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which
  is required by WordPress.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>How can i resolve this?</p>