Artisan migrate could not find driver

Question

I am trying to install Laravel. I have installed Xampp, but when I try to setup my database using php artisan migrateI get the error:

Answer 1

Make sure that you've installed php-mysql, the pdo needs php-mysql to operate properly. If not you could simply type

sudo apt install php-mysql

Answer 2

if you've installed php and mysql in your linux machine, php needs php-mysql extention to communicate with mysql. so make sure you've also installed this extention using:

sudo yum install php-mysql in redhat based machines.

and

sudo apt-get install php-mysql in debian machines.

Answer 3

We have solved the same error by following the below steps.

linux command for this type of error occurred then, first of all, check your php.ini file

If your php.ini file exists then in configuration file simply uncomment the extension:

;extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll 

Else follow below steps

step1:php -v

step2: Install php mysql extension

php 7.0 sudo apt-get install php7.0-mysql

php 7.1 sudo apt-get install php7.1-mysql

php 7.2 sudo apt-get install php7.2-mysql

php 7.3 sudo apt-get install php7.3-mysql

step3: service apache2 restart

step4: php artisan migrate

Answer 4

If you are matching with sqlite database:
In your php folder open php.ini file, go to:

;extension=pdo_sqlite

Just remove the semicolon and it will work.

Answer 5

In Windows and PHP 7.4.5 go to php.ini and uncomment this line

extension=pdo_mysql

Answer 6

I know this is a little late, nevertheless i'm answering this for anyone still experiencing this issue on windows (USING XAMPP).

Step 1. Verify that there is a mismatch in your PHP version. To do this, open routes/web.php and create a simple route to return the php information like so:

Route::get('/', function() {
   return response()->json([
    'stuff' => phpinfo()
   ]);
})

and compare this with output from your command line

As we can see, in my case there is a mismatch, this usually happens if you have multiple versions of php installed.

Step 2. Add the php version being used by your xampp to your system path

Step 3. Verify that you have the extension enabled in your php.ini file. NB. Make sure you are editing the php.ini file that is shown under the 'loaded configuration file' entry in the results of phpinfo() command.