Uncaught PDOException: could not find driver even when the extensions are there - php

Question

Another one for this error that is driving me nuts.
I've read literally 50 posts in stackoverflow and tried all different solutions:
Checking php.ini to see if the extensions are enabled and the folder to check if the dll's are present
Also tried extracting a php_pdo_mysql.dll file from the latest php version, checking if maybe the xampp original file was broken or corrupted with no luck.
Setting the path in environment variables
This is what I'm using for my local environment:
Xampp 7.2.4
PHP 7.2.4
Apache 2.4.33
And this is my code:
return new PDO('
mysql:host='.Env::getInstance()->env('dbhost').';
dbname='.Env::getInstance()->env('dbname'),
Env::getInstance()->env('dbusername'),
Env::getInstance()->env('dbpassword')
);
Is there something I haven't tried? please I want to fix this issue for once and for all.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The arguments passed to the PDO constructor must be like $dsn in the example of the php manual below.
<?php
/* Connect to a MySQL database using driver invocation */
$dsn = 'mysql:dbname=testdb;host=127.0.0.1';
$user = 'dbuser';
$password = 'dbpass';
try {
    $dbh = new PDO($dsn, $user, $password);
} catch (PDOException $e) {
    echo 'Connection failed: ' . $e->getMessage();
}
?>
It looks like your first argument has the wrong content.