Laravel: PDOException: could not find driver

Question

I am developing a website on a server I only have access to MySQL and FTP, so all commands I run are through the b374k php shell . I am experiencing a Laravel problem with S

Answer 1

I had the same issue, and I uncomment extension=pdo_sqlite and ran the migration and everything worked fine.

Answer 2

In case that you run test in sqlite run

sudo apt install sqlite3 && sudo apt install php-sqlite3

If you run test in window, you dont need install nothing. Only config your phpunit.xml

Answer 3

Solution 1:

1. php -v

Output: PHP 7.3.11-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1 (cli)

2. sudo apt-get install php7.3-mysql

Solution 2:

Check your DB credentials like DB Name, DB User, DB Password

Answer 4

Even simpler in Ubuntu (18.04)

apt install php-mysql

Done. No need to edit any .ini files.

Happy coding!

Answer 5

If you can, run :

composer update

composer require doctrine/dbal

It looks like you have a missing dependency

Edit:

You might need to comment out the following in your php.ini file.

;extension=pdo_mysql.so

Taken from this post: Laravel 5 PDOException Could Not Find Driver . I think I had to do something exactly like this when setting up laravel on digital ocean.

Answer 6

In Linux Download Mysql and Php

sudo apt install php-mysql

Then the problem will be solved.