PDOexception - 'could not find driver'

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I woork on my local site with MAMP. Everything was going right till yesterday. Now, when I run my code, I get a : "Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'PDOException' with message 'could not find driver'..." It seems that I have non installed driver but it worked well until this day. How can I fix this problem ?

Best, Newben

For informations, I uncommented on my php.ini file the correct extensions : extension=pdo_mysql.so,etc.. Btw, perhaps there is a problem with the error warnings I changed yesterday ! — epsilones, Jun 06 '12 at 11:04
Did you changed the PDO DSN? Maybe you have a typo there, like an invalid DSN prefix. — CodeZombie, Jun 10 '12 at 16:25

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 14 '16 at 19:39

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Have you installed MacPorts? If your answer is "yes" open your Shell and type:

cd ~/
sudo nano .profile
change: export PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:$PATH
replace with: export PATH=/Applications/MAMP/Library/bin/:/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.3.6/bin/:$PATH
close your Shell and re-open it

This is all. I found the solution here: thewebfactory

edited Apr 14 '16 at 19:39

ssuperczynski

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answered Jun 10 '12 at 16:20

Sfblaauw

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Thank you, I'll try and I'll let you know.Best, Newben – epsilones Jun 10 '12 at 20:51

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 06 '13 at 15:07

I had a similar problem. Sfblaauw's solution didn't work but it helped me identify the problem. First I installed php5-mysql using MacPorts:

sudo port install php5-mysql

During installation, I got the following warning:

Your php.ini contains a line that will prevent php5-mysql and other PHP extensions from working. To fix this, edit /opt/local/etc/php5/php.ini and delete this line:

extension_dir = "/usr/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626"

I commented out the line and restarted Apache. Everything seems to work fine now.

PDOexception - 'could not find driver'

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