Laravel to SQL Server (sqlsrv). [PDOException] could not find driver - php

Question

Intro. My laravel app was using mysql, now it needs to be hosted in the network of the company I am working ( I am a remote-worker). And this company are Microsoft peeps, so I need to integrate the laravel to their SQL Server.
I have this in my .env
DB_CONNECTION=sqlsrv
DB_HOST=ip.address.of.server
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=my_db
DB_USERNAME=my_username
DB_PASSWORD=my_password
After using the php artisan migrate
Error:
[PDOException]
could not find driver
I am using Ubuntu, a remote box dedicated for me (from my employer). I have tried using sql server in my laravel app before (using my Windows PC). As far as I remember, I edited some texts in the xampp php.ini. As a newbie Linux user, it is too hard for me (since i was using only CLI).
EDITED ( new version )
So I already got the connectivity from Ubuntu to the Database server. I used the the sqlcmd -S <host> -U <username>
and I tested the queries (such as SELECT * from users_data) and it works.
Now, I modified the config/database.php and I added this.
'sqlsrv' => [
'driver' => 'MSSQL',
'host' => env('DB_HOST', 'host.of.the.database'),
'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'my_database'),
'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'my_username'),
'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', 'my_pass'),
'port' => '1433',
'prefix' => '',
],
but I got an Error:
[InvalidArgumentException]
Unsupported driver [MSSQL]
"MSSQL" is the name I use to configure the FreeTDS.

Answer 1

For those who came after
Make sure of the PHP version you use (for me homestead currently using php 7.1, so I installed php7.1-sybase)
sudo apt-get install freetds-common freetds-bin unixodbc php7.1-sybase
And the driver is
'sqlsrv' => [
'driver' => 'sqlsrv',
'host' => env('DB_HOST', 'localhost'),
'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'forge'),
'port' => env('DB_PORT', '1433'),
'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'forge'),
'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
'charset' => 'utf8',
'prefix' => '',
]
You can make sure that the connection information is correct using tsql
TDSVER=8.0 tsql -H Host -U Username -D DatabaseName -p 1433 -P Password
Note: After that you need to re-run command php artisan serve.

Answer 2

Also had the could not find driver error, resolved the issue after installing following packages:
sudo apt-get install freetds-common freetds-bin unixodbc php5-sybase
However i am using the sqlsrv driver, here's my config/database.php:
'sqlsrv' => [
'driver' => 'sqlsrv',
'host' => env('DB_HOST', 'localhost'),
'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'forge'),
'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'forge'),
'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
'charset' => 'utf8',
'prefix' => '',
],

Answer 3

When installing sybase, ensure that it matches up with the version that your VM uses.
Run
php --version
and then install the right sybase version:
sudo apt-get install freetds-common freetds-bin unixodbc php7.#-sybase
If you're getting encoding errors, you'll need to update your freedts and php.ini configuration as well. Change the /etc/freetds/freetds.conf so that it looks like:
[global]
# TDS protocol version
tds version = 8.0
# Whether to write a TDSDUMP file for diagnostic purposes
# (setting this to /tmp is insecure on a multi-user system)
; dump file = /tmp/freetds.log
; debug flags = 0xffff
# Command and connection timeouts
; timeout = 10
; connect timeout = 10
# If you get out-of-memory errors, it may mean that your client
# is trying to allocate a huge buffer for a TEXT field.
# Try setting 'text size' to a more reasonable limit
text size = 64512
client charset = UTF-8
# A typical Sybase server
[egServer50]
host = symachine.domain.com
port = 5000
tds version = 5.0
# A typical Microsoft server
[egServer70]
host = ntmachine.domain.com
port = 1433
tds version = 7.0
[mssql]
host =
Port = 1433
tds version = 8.0
Add this to your php.ini:
client charset = UTF-8

Answer 4

Always run sudo apt-get upgrade before trying to run these commands.
Thanks, these answers helped great. Please let me explain what I did using laravel/homestead vagrant box version 7.1.0 and PHP 7.3.
I ran the command sudo apt-get install freetds-common freetds-bin unixodbc php7.3-sybasein my vagrant homestead virtual box.
This command prompted me twice to either keep the local php.ini configuration file or use the "installer's version". I chose to use the installer's version both times, and everything worked great. Here is my database.php file in my laravel config folder. Also, I set default => env('DB_CONNECTION', 'sqlsrv')