How to fix migrate Laravel error 'PDOException and PDO::__construct' - php

Question

I'm trying to execute the php artisan migrate command to create a table in phpmyadmin
But its showing error of
"could not find driver"
I have made the php artisan serve and it worked
'mysql' => [
'driver' => 'mysql',
'host' => env('DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
'port' => env('DB_PORT', '3306'),
'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'testdb'),
'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'root'),
'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', 'xxxx'),
'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'),
]) : [],
],
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=testdb
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=xxxx
This is the error showing in the command line:
Illuminate\Database\QueryException : could not find driver
(SQL: select * from information_schema.tables where table_schema =
testdb and table_name = migrations)
at C:\AppServ\www\laravel2\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Database\Connection.php:664
660| // If an exception occurs when attempting to run a query, we'll format the error
661| // message to include the bindings with SQL, which will make this exception a
662| // lot more helpful to the developer instead of just the database's errors.
663| catch (Exception $e) {
> 664| throw new QueryException(
665| $query, $this->prepareBindings($bindings), $e
666| );
667| }
668|
Exception trace:
1 PDOException::("could not find driver")
C:\AppServ\www\laravel2\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Database\Connectors\Connector.php:70
2 PDO::__construct("mysql:host=127.0.0.1;port=3306;dbname=testdb", "root", "xxxx", [])
C:\AppServ\www\laravel2\vendor\laravel\framework\src\Illuminate\Database\Connectors\Connector.php:70
it's expected to show "tables created successfully" and also created in phpmyadmin

Answer 1

Make sure the mysql is running on your machine if you're using homestead mysql port might be 33060 ..
to clarify if mysql is running open the terminal on mac or linux or command line on windows and write
mysql -u root
if you got the error that mean the mysql is not running.

Answer 2

You are missing the php-mysql driver for PHP, you can check it by executing php -i | grep mysql
If you are missing it you have to install it considering your system type, for example if you were working on a php7.2 system on ubuntu, you should do:
sudo apt-get install php7.2-mysql

Answer 3

Change in config/database.php file according to this:
'mysql' => [
'driver' => 'mysql',
'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'),
]) : [],
],
Check here : Link
Open the .env file and edit it. just set up correct database credentials
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE= // Your Database Name
DB_USERNAME= // Your Database Username
DB_PASSWORD= // Your Database Password, If no password is set then just clear it
After .env edit, must be clear cache: php artisan config:cache