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

Your database driver is missing. To solve the probelm

First install the driver

For ubuntu: For mysql database.

sudo apt-get install php5.6-mysql/php7.2-mysql

You also can search for other database systems.

You also can search for the driver:

sudo apt-cache search drivername

Then Run the cmd php artisan migrate

Answer 2

In window OS. I have uncomment extension=pdo_mysql for php.ini file that locate at same directory of php.exe. after that it work fine.

Answer 3

You are probably missing sqlite or the specific DB driver you are trying to migrate.

Install the DB driver and you'd be fine. You don't necessarily need to edit your php.ini file (it's one way to fix it too though).

For sqlite do --> sudo apt-get install php-sqlite3 Then php artisan migrate

NB: I assume you have PHP and MySql already installed

Answer 4

ERROR: could not find driver (SQL: select * from tests where slug = a limit 1)

I was getting the above error in my laravel project, i am using nginx server on ubuntu 16.04

This error is because, php-mysql driver is missing. To install it type following command.

sudo apt-get install php7.2-mysql

Please specify your current php version in above command.

Open php.ini file and uncomment the followling line of code(Remove Semicolon).

;extension=pdo_mysql

Then Restart the nginx and php service

sudo systemctl restart php7.2-fpm
sudo systemctl restart nginx

It worked for me.

Answer 5

In my case I'm using Ubuntu so I found that my system is not installed php-sqlite3, after installation its got fixed.

sudo apt-get install php7.2-sqlite3

Answer 6

I got the same error when running my test suite. It was working before but it stopped working after I upgraded php. So I did

sudo apt-get install php-sqlite3

and it worked.