Yiic migrate error due to pdo_mysql driver not found - php

Question

I'm trying to learn Yii, but I'm stuck with a very persistent error that rises whenever I use yiic.
First system details: Ubuntu 13.04 with apache2, php 5.5.3 and mysql 5.5.3.
I run/yiic migrate
inside /protected of the webapp I'm developing.
I get the error:
exception 'CDbException' with message 'CDbConnection failed to open the DB connection: could not find driver' in /var/www/yii/framework/db/CDbConnection.php:382
Which seems to be because at line 382 of CDbConnection.php, the script checks if pod_mysql is installed, but can't find it.
`if($this->_pdo===null)
{
if(empty($this->connectionString))
throw new CDbException('CDbConnection.connectionString cannot be empty.');
try
{
Yii::trace('Opening DB connection','system.db.CDbConnection');
$this->_pdo=$this->createPdoInstance();
$this->initConnection($this->_pdo);
$this->_active=true;
}
catch(PDOException $e)
{
if(YII_DEBUG)
{
throw new CDbException('CDbConnection failed to open the DB connection:'.
$e->getMessage(),(int)$e->getCode(),$e->errorInfo);
}
else
{
Yii::log($e->getMessage(),CLogger::LEVEL_ERROR,'exception.CDbException');
throw new CDbException('CDbConnection failed to open the DB connection.'
,(int)$e->getCode(),$e->errorInfo);
}
}
}
^^ Here is the relevant snippet of code.
The result of running
php -i|grep PDO gives
PDO
PDO support => enabled
PDO drivers => sqlite
PDO Driver for SQLite 3.x => enabled
So my problem seems to be that only the sqlite driver is running. However, I've ensured to check that php-mysql is installed (as pdo_mysql is deprecated and is inside this package). I've ran out of ideas on what to do, and will appreciate any and all help!!
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Console applications have their own config stored in protected/config/console.php. Please make sure you've got a database component configured there.

Answer 2

This problem is from your phpcli.ini instead of php.ini. in your phpcli.ini you should add :
extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll
as in php.ini