I can't seem to get laravel to connect to MySQL using PHP 7.1 and laravel 5.8
Error:
Illuminate \ Database \ QueryException could not find driver (SQL: select * from
users
I didn't have this issue using php 5.6 and laravel 5.4 but I'd rather use the new versions!
I did:
composer update
composer require doctrine/dbal
and included extension=pdo_mysql.so in php.ini as well as restart apache
ok this is fixed:
The server's PHP configuration has been switched to the Apache MPM to "Event" rather than "Prefork" as Prefork is typically only needed on non-FPM servers running Opcache.
also enabled FPM on my site running php 7.1 as it is typically required when running Opcache on separate PHP versions.