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How to Resolve 'could not find driver' Error in Laravel

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Table Of Contents

  1. Error Message
  2. Environment
  3. Solution
  4. Background

A guide on how to resolve the 'could not find driver' error when running 'php artisan migrate' in Laravel.

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Error Message

Illuminate\Database\QueryException
could not find driver (Connection: mysql, SQL ....)

Environment

AWS EC2 (Amazon Linux 2023)
PHP 8.3
Laravel 11

Solution

The issue was resolved by installing the missing php-mysqlnd package.

sudo dnf install -y php-mysqlnd

Background

While deploying a Laravel project on AWS EC2 (Amazon Linux 2023), I encountered the following error when running:

php artisan migrate

Previously, I had only run the following command for PHP:

sudo dnf install -y php8.3

Unlike yum, dnf automatically installs various necessary drivers with just one command, and I saw logs indicating that it was doing so. Based on that, I thought this single command would suffice.

However, the error occurred only during migration, so I ran one additional command to resolve the issue.

The solution may vary depending on your environment and approach, but I hope this helps someone facing the same issue.

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