How to resolve Laravel - COULD NOT FIND DRIVER error?

Question

I am using XAMPP on Ubuntu 18.0.4. I am using PHP 7.2.

The Laravel Home page gets loaded at localhost:8000, but when I try to register a user. It shows the following error

I've tried all the things suggested on the internet like changing the php.ini file and all, but I couldn't get a work around.

This is my configuration Ubuntu 18.04 PHP 7.2

cofig/database.php

'default' => env('DB_CONNECTION', 'mysql'),

.env

DB_CONNECTION=mysql

I've already installed php-mysql using sudo apt-get install php-mysql

But nothing seems to work My php.ini file is at /opt/lampp/etc/ and I've following so called solution content

extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll
extension=pdo_mysql.so

I've tried to clear the cache too, but nothing works.

NOTE: THIS SAME EXACT PROJECT WAS WORKING A FEW DAYS AGO. BUT IT SEEMS TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM SINCE TWO DAYS BACK.

Go to the command line and run `which mysql` and add the output to your question. — Tarek Adam, Jan 29 '19 at 12:19
@TarekAdam Hello, thanks for your valuable time sir. which mysql command shows no output. — Jon Doe, Jan 29 '19 at 12:24
Possible duplicate https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42909397/laravel-5-4-on-php-7-0-pdo-exception-could-not-find-driver-mysqlc — Piazzi, Jan 29 '19 at 12:26

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 29 '19 at 16:13

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For some reason, restarting my computer did the trick and it all started working again.

answered Jan 29 '19 at 16:13

Jon Doe

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