PDO: Could not find driver php/mysql

Question

i\'m having issues connecting to my database on a web host that I have, i\'m using the following:

$dsn = \'mysql:host=mysql1.hosting.digiweb.ie;dbname=mydbna         


        

Answer 1

go to your php.ini file and uncomment this line

    extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll

and then restart your apache

Answer 2

Change your extension dir to be absolute in php.ini. I changed it from

extension_dir = "ext" 

to

extension_dir = "C:/{PATH TO PHP DIRECTORY}/ext"

and it worked.