php artisan migrate throwing [PDO Exception] Could not find driver - Using Laravel
PhpMysqlPdoLaravelDriverPhp Problem Overview
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 last command
php artisan migrate
It's throwing a PDOException - could not find driver.
'mysql' => array(
'driver' => 'mysql',
'host' => 'localhost',
'unix_socket' => '/Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock',
'database' => 'database',
'username' => 'root',
'password' => '',
'charset' => 'utf8',
'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
'prefix' => '',
),
That's my configuration in config/database.php.
I tried searching on stackoverflow and laravel forums and people suggest that it's PDO problem and not artisan's or php's - I followed those suggestions like adding
extension=pgsql.so
extension=pdo_pgsql.so
in php.ini
No positive result. It always says [PDOException]could not find driver.
Can someone please help resolving this.
Environment that I am using: Mac, laravel 4, MAMP PRO with php 5.4.4
Php Solutions
Solution 1 - Php
You can use
sudo apt-get install php7-mysql
or
sudo apt-get install php5-mysql
or
sudo apt-get install php-mysql
This worked for me.
Solution 2 - Php
You need to specifically enable the pdo_mysql plugin. Assuming you're using a standard PHP installation, then generally you would simply need to add this to your PHP.ini file:
extension=pdo_mysql.so
You need to ensure that this file exists in the extension directory though.
Adding pdo_pgsql.so doesn't help because that is for PostgreSQL.
Additionally, you should ensure that you restart the web-server after you make the changes to the PHP ini file, as the changes may not be reflected otherwise.
Solution 3 - Php
This worked for me:
sudo apt-get install php5-sqlite
This installed sqlite for php5, then I ran the php artisan migrate command again and worked perfectly.
Solution 4 - Php
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
Solution 5 - Php
I think you missed the mysql driver for php5. Execute below command:
sudo apt-get install php5-mysql
/etc/init.d/php5-fpm restart
Solution 6 - Php
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.
Solution 7 - Php
You are missing a PDO driver.
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
Solution 8 - Php
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
Solution 9 - Php
Had the same issue and just figured, website is running under MAMP's php, but when you call in command, it runs mac's(if no bash path modified). you will have issue when mac doesn't have those extensions.
run php -i to find out loaded extensions, and install those one you missed. or run '/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.3.6/bin/php artisan {your command}' to use MAMP's
Solution 10 - Php
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
Solution 11 - Php
Laravel Testing with sqlite needs php pdo sqlite drivers
For Ubuntu 14.04
sudo apt-get install php5-sqlite
sudo service apache2 restart
In ubuntu 16.04 there is no php5-sqlite
sudo apt-get install php7.0-sqlite
sudo service apache2 restart
Solution 12 - Php
I got this error for the PostgreSQL and the solution is:
sudo apt-get install php7.1-pgsql
You only need to use your installed PHP version, mine is 7.1. This has fixed the issue for PostgreSQL.
Solution 13 - Php
I'm unsing ubuntu 14.04
Below command solved this problem for me.
> sudo apt-get install php-mysql
In my case, after updating my php version from 5.5.9 to 7.0.8 i received this error including two other errors.
errors:
-
laravel/framework v5.2.14 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
-
phpunit/phpunit 4.8.22 requires ext-dom * -> the requested PHP extension dom is missing from your system.
-
[PDOException]
could not find driver
Solutions:
I installed this packages and my problems are gone.
> sudo apt-get install php-mbstring > > sudo apt-get install php-xml > > sudo apt-get install php-mysql
Solution 14 - Php
I had this problem on debian. The issue was, I was using the dotdeb repository for more recent PHP packages. For some reason, it updated the php cli to 7.0, while the web php binary remained php 5.6. I used this answer to link the php command line binary to the 5.6 version, like so:
$ sudo ln -sfn /usr/bin/php5 /etc/alternatives/php
Solution 15 - Php
This worked with me:(for pgsql: use 'pgsql' instead of 'mysql')
Step 1)
sudo apt-get install php-mysql
Step 2)
php artisan config:clear
Step 3)
php artisan config:cache
Step 4)
Then restart your server, and generate key again and migrate it, Its Done
Solution 16 - Php
first check your php version like this :
php -v
after you get version number for example i get 7.1 then install like that
sudo apt-get install php7.1-sqlite //for laravel testing with sqlite
sudo apt-get install php-mysql //for default mysql
sudo apt-get install php7.1-mysql //for version based mysql
sudo apt-get install php7.1-common //for other necessary package for php
and need to restart apache2
sudo service apache2 restart
Solution 17 - Php
For future searchers. On FreeBSD try the next
pkg_info | grep php5-pdo_mysql
if you see the empty line in return do the following:
cd /usr/ports/databases/php5-pdo_mysql
and the do the install
make install clean
then simply restart your apache and you are done
e.g. sudo /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache22 restart
Solution 18 - Php
Install it via this command
sudo apt-get install php5-gd
this worked for me.
Solution 19 - Php
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.
Solution 20 - Php
I found the proper solution for this error! Either you don't have any database installed or your default database in this file config/database.php is set to some other database like this
'default' => 'sqlite',
'default' => env('DB_CONNECTION', 'sqlite'), //laravel 5.2
change the default to which one you have installed or install that database which is made to be default! I had installed mysql and php artisan migrate worked after i changed that line to this:
'default' => 'mysql',
'default' => env('DB_CONNECTION', 'mysql'), //laravel5.2
Solution 21 - Php
I was also getting the same error --> "[PDOException] could not find driver "
I realized that the php was pointing to /usr/bin/php instead of the lampp /opt/lampp/bin/php so i simply created and alias
alias php="/opt/lampp/bin/php"
also had to make update to the .env file to ensure the database access credentials were updated.
And guess what, it Worked!
Solution 22 - Php
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
Solution 23 - Php
If you are using arch based system like in manjaro
just use
sudo pacman -S php-sqlite
Restart your httpd
systemctl restart httpd
Solution 24 - Php
for those users of windows 10 and WAMP that found this post, i have a solution.Please go visit this link. It worked for me and it was difficult to come to the solution but i hope it might be of help for others in the future.
Solution 25 - Php
Assuming you did the normal installation with virtual box, vagrant etc.. This can happen to new people. PHP can be installed on your PC but all the modules PHP for your laravel project is on your VM So to access your VM, go to your homestead folder and type: vagrant ssh
then to go your project path and execute the php artisan migrate.
Solution 26 - Php
It's an issue with MAC and MAMP. Try to add in your .env file this:
DB_SOCKET= /Applications/MAMP/tmp/mysql/mysql.sock
It work for me
Solution 27 - Php
This expands on Sven P's answer:
I was baffled by this error message myself when upgrading to a new DigitalOcean Droplet running Ubuntu 20.04 and Laravel 8.x. One thing to keep in mind is that you are running php artisan migrate on the command line and that might be different from the version of PHP you're running on Apache server. My Laravel test apps were working smoothly, but I couldn't run Postgresql related commands from the command line. Then I remembered that the default version of PHP for Ubuntu 20.04 was 8.x and I had configured my Apache server to run PHP 7.4. This tutorial was my salvation: How To Switch PHP Version on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Check your PHP version. Sure enough, my CLI PHP was version 8.x so it didn't have the Postgresql driver installed and enabled. Following the tutorial, I ran
sudo update-alternatives --config php
and selected my PHP 7.4 installation and now when I log in to my SSH client and check the PHP version, it displays 7.4, where I have installed and enabled Postgresql. So now my php artisan migrate command runs smoothly and I can get back to work.
This tip is relevant to any database connection you're using. For instance, if you normally used MySQL for your Apache apps, you would have the same error if your CLI PHP version was different and didn't have MySQL installed and enabled.