Laravel driver not found, database misconnection?

Question

I'm getting this error:

PDOException in Connector.php line 55: could not find driver
in Connector.php line 55
at PDO->__construct('mysql:host=localhost:8080;dbname=db', 'root', '', array('0', '2', '0', false, false)) in Connector.php line 55

On my .env file I have the credentials as

DB_HOST=localhost:8080
DB_DATABASE=db
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=

My wamp is set to port 8080, and when my laravel is viewing on port 8000 via artisan serve. Is there a disconnect with this? All of the pdo modules are in the php.ini

Answer 1

I don't believe that you can use artisan serve with WAMP, as they are actually two different servers (artisan serve utilizes PHPs built in web server which has no relation to WAMP).

You should checkout this post to get an idea of how to setup Laravel to work with WAMP properly.

Answer 2

You didn't show your list of extensions.

WAMPP

• Check if you have a file php-cli.ini
• Check or add the following lines to php-cli.ini :
  • extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll
  • extension=php_mbstring.dll
• Doesn't php-cli.ini exists? Check or add the lines to your php.ini
• Restart WAMPP

Homestead

I strongly recommend Homestead as your local development server.

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Answer 3

you are serving from two totally different environments, your wamp is probably using a different php version that your artisan. check where both of those php configs are located and install whatever drivers that are missing keep in mind php7 is missing a few pdo drivers if not all.

Answer 4

Remove port number 8080 from .env file as follows

DB_HOST=localhost
DB_DATABASE=db
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=

Now try that by placing above values.

Don't forgot to restart your server.