NativePHP error undefined function mb_split() #662
Description
What were you trying to do?
II am trying to serve the development server using native:serve
What happened?
After running the serve command on window it first pop out a flash electron app icon and wen back so it log some error in my terminal saying
It throws an error Undefined function mb_split
How to reproduce the bug
Install native php on window laptop windows 11
and try to serve the app on Laravel Herd
Debug Output
PHP Server started on port: 8100
[Wed Jul 23 07:44:27 2025] 127.0.0.1:52388 [POST] URI: /_native/api/booted
Process [queue_default] spawned!
Please check your log files:
C:\Users\seune\AppData\Roaming\laravel-dev\storage\logs
Error in PHP:
Call to undefined function Illuminate\Support\mb_split() (0) in C:\workspace\desktop\test-app\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Support\Str.php:1700
[Wed Jul 23 07:44:27 2025] 127.0.0.1:52392 [POST] URI: /_native/api/events
Please check your log files:
C:\Users\seune\AppData\Roaming\laravel-dev\storage\logs
Error in PHP:
Call to undefined function Illuminate\Support\mb_split() (0) in C:\workspace\desktop\test-app\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Support\Str.php:1700
[Wed Jul 23 07:44:28 2025] 127.0.0.1:52396 [POST] URI: /_native/api/events
Please check your log files:
C:\Users\seune\AppData\Roaming\laravel-dev\storage\logs
Error in PHP:
Call to undefined function Illuminate\Support\mb_split() (0) in C:\workspace\desktop\test-app\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Support\Str.php:1700
Which operating systems have you seen this occur on?
Windows
Notes
I started this project on my Macbook and runs fine but i need to test on window OS so i move the same project to my window and now i am finding it hard to serve the project on window laptop.