php artisan migrate [PDOException] could not find driver

Question

When I write command "php artisan migrate" from mysql connection,linux terminal gives this error :[PDOException] could not find driver.

When I add to php.ini

extension=pdo.so 
extension=pdo_mysql.so

, error has changing like this:

PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/usr/lib/php5/20121212/pdo_mysql.so' - /usr/lib/php5/20121212/pdo_mysql.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory in Unknown on line 0 PHP Warning: Module 'PDO' already loaded in Unknown on line 0

[PDOException]
could not find driver

How can we solve this issue?

Thanks

@badman btw i would suggest you to use either centos or ububtu as server — Mayank K. Swami
– Mayank K. Swami, Commented Oct 15, 2015 at 8:47

Mayank K. Swami · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-15 08:46:51Z

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Hi you need to install php pdo driver Open terminal

sudo apt-get install php5-mysql

Restart Apache server

sudo service apache2 restart

edited Oct 15, 2015 at 8:46

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