PHP Fatal error: Uncaught PDOException: could not find driver

Question

I have been trying to connect to MySQL from PHP using PDO. However, I get this error message:

PHP Fatal error: Uncaught PDOException: could not find

Answer 1

To use different drivers you need to install them. On Windows you simply uncomment a line in php.ini:

extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll

On Linux you install the extension with the package manager:

sudo apt install php7.1-mysql