php artisan migrate throwing [PDO Exception] Could not find driver - Using Laravel

Question

I have a bad experience while installing laravel. However, I was able to do so and move to the next level. I used generators and created my migrations. But when I type the

Answer 1

Ran into the same issue here, and turns out this is because PHP at the command line uses a different php.ini file from the browser version, which is why it looks like it's loading the extension correctly when you look at phpinfo() in a browser.

As per this answer, you just need to run:

php --ini

At the command line, which will tell you the path to the currently loaded php.ini (probably actually a php-cli.ini file located in the same place as your regular php.ini file).

Once you've found that, modify it with the pdo extensions you want (in this case for MySQL):

extension=pdo_mysql.so

Or, for any other users that are on Windows using some kind of WAMP server, it probably looks like this instead:

extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll

Answer 2

I was also getting the same error --> "[PDOException]
could not find driver "

After that I used many commands but not didn't get any help

Finally I used the following command, which solved my problem.

sudo apt-get install php5-sqlite

Answer 3

If you are using Laravel 5.x, and the error is from trying to modify the attributes of a column, it is possible the error comes from a missing pre-requisite.

Try this:

 composer require doctrine/dbal

Then try running your migrations.

From here: https://laravel.com/docs/master/migrations#modifying-columns

Answer 4

In my case I wasn't aware that the PHP run by Apache was different from the one run by CLI. That might be the case if during configuration in httpd.conf you specified a PHP module, not being the default one your CLI uses.

Answer 5

You must be installing the latest version of php mysql in my case I am install php7.1-mysql

Try this

sudo apt-get install php7.1-mysql

I am using the latest version of laravel

Answer 6

Please check your Laravel .env file also. Make sure DB_CONNECTION=mysql, otherwise it won't work with MySQL. It tried to load something else.