I am unable to run my Laravel application

Question

good afternoon. I'm encountering some issues running a Laravel application locally. I don't have much knowledge about Laravel or PHP Artisan, and I could use a little help. I'm not familiar with the specifics of this problem, but I suspect it might be related to the database since it seems to be attempting a connection.

ERROR: Illuminate\Database\QueryException could not find driver (SQL: select * from banners where status = 1 order by order asc)

I've already tried changing the .env to APP_DEBUG=false APP_ENV=local, but without success. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

1. You may configure the .env file in the root directory, you should configure it like I did

DB_CONNECTION=mysql DB_HOST=127.0.0.1 DB_PORT=3306 DB_DATABASE=laravel DB_USERNAME=laravel DB_PASSWORD=laravel

2. pdo_mysql extension is not enabled

Linux: Add this line extension=pdo_mysql.so to the php.ini file Windows: Add this line extension=pdo_mysql.dll to the php.ini file