Laravel migration error - could not find driver - Illuminate\Database\QueryException - php

Question

I'm trying to run a migration following this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=074AQVmvvdg&list=PL4cUxeGkcC9hL6aCFKyagrT1RCfVN4w2Q&index=13
I think the tutorial might be out of date because when I enter php artisan migrate; I get this error:
Illuminate\Database\QueryException
could not find driver (SQL: select * from information_schema.tables where table_schema = pizzahouse and table_name = migrations and table_type = 'BASE TABLE')
at C:\Users\jonke\Documents\laravel\pizzahouse\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Database\Connection.php:703
699▕ // If an exception occurs when attempting to
run a query, we'll format the error
700▕ // message to include the bindings with SQL,
which will make this exception a
701▕ // lot more helpful to the developer instead
of just the database's errors.
702▕ catch (Exception $e) {
➜ 703▕ throw new QueryException(
704▕ $query, $this->prepareBindings($bindings), $e
705▕ );
706▕ }
707▕ }
1 C:\Users\jonke\Documents\laravel\pizzahouse\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Database\Connectors\Connector.php:70
PDOException::("could not find driver")
2 C:\Users\jonke\Documents\laravel\pizzahouse\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Database\Connectors\Connector.php:70
PDO::__construct()
I've read the comments on the video, where I found the solution to an earlier error. I've tried following suggestion on this page: https://github.com/laravel/framework/issues/24711 which seemed promising but no joy.
I found pages on this website describing the same error message with different causes. One looked promising but vscode didn't like the sudo apt-get bits. (I've lost the link, sorry).
This one had a similar title but was no good: Migration in Laravel 5.6 - could not find driver
I also tried following the official docs: https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/migrations
How am I able to create the DB in the command line in vscode but not run the migration? I don't get it! I've been clicking around in circles for a couple of days now, can someone help me please?
Thanks

Answer 1

Added JonKemm Solution
It was the c:\php7/php.ini - needed to modify a line - uncomment this line: extension=pdo_mysql Answer found here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/25137901/16714187
If any other case your problem not solve try further
You have to add driver connection reading code. You can find in
config->database.php
'mysql' => [
'driver' => 'mysql',
'url' => env('DATABASE_URL'),
'host' => env('DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
'port' => env('DB_PORT', '3306'),
'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'forge'),
'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'forge'),
'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
'unix_socket' => env('DB_SOCKET', ''),
'charset' => 'utf8mb4',
'collation' => 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
'prefix' => '',
'prefix_indexes' => true,
'strict' => true,
'engine' => null,
'options' => extension_loaded('pdo_mysql') ? array_filter([
PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA => env('MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA'),
]) : [],
],
If you didn't find this in b/w
'connections' => [
...
],
Above version copied from Laravel Framework 6.20.30
If you missing something from these code from older laravel version try to compare or add some codes.
If you didn't find mysql code there
Copy my code and paste into your file, If you find any error comment below.

Answer 2

It was the c:\php7/php.ini - needed to modify a line - uncomment this line:
extension=pdo_mysql
Answer found here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/25137901/16714187