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

In your php.ini configuration file simply uncomment the extension:

;extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll

(You can find your php.ini file in the php folder where your stack server is installed.)

If you're on Windows make it: extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll

If you're on Linux make it: extension=pdo_mysql.so

And do a quick server restart.

If this isn't working for you, you may need to install pdo_mysql extension into your php library.

Answer 2

I am a Windows and XAMPP user. What works for me is adding extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll in both php.ini of XAMPP and php.ini in C:\php\php.ini.

Run this command in your cmd to know where your config file is

php -i | find /i "Configuration File

Answer 3

If you are on linux systems please try running sudo php artisan migrate As for me,sometimes database operations need to run with sudo in laravel.

Answer 4

whilst sometimes you might have multiple php versions, you might also have a held-back version of php-mysql.. do a sudo dpkg -l | grep mysql | grep php and compare what you get from php -v

Answer 5

Go to .env file and change the following

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=shreemad
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=

Change the DB_PASSWORD field to

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=shreemad
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=" "

In my case it works

NOTE: If your password in mysql is null