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Laravel 5.8 php artisan migrate throwing error: Illuminate\Database\QueryException

I am using:

  • php 7.2
  • laravel 5.8
  • ubuntu 19

php artisan migrate throwing this error:

**Illuminate\Database\QueryException  : could not find driver (SQL: select * from information_schema.tables where table_schema = laraveldb and table_name = migrations and table_type = 'BASE TABLE')**

1. PDOException::("could not find driver")
  /home/amar/sandbox/l5/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connectors/Connector.php:70

2. PDO::__construct("mysql:host=127.0.0.1;port=3306;dbname=laravel", "root", "localhost", [])
  /home/amar/sandbox/l5/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connectors/Connector.php:70
Solution
    1. Remove vendor folder and reinstall it using composer install
    2. update/install your php extensions (php-mysql, php-mbstring, php-pdo, php-dom)

    Above two steps solved my problem.