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Php versions – Problem with episode 15 laracasts.com The PHP Practitioner

Episode is about hiding passwords.

I receive an error refreshing localhost – ‘could not find driver’ after making config.php as shown in the video.

Connection.php

<?php

class Connection
{
    public static function make($config)
    {
        try {
/*            return new PDO('mysql:host=localhost:3306;dbname=schema_test', 'name', 'password');*/
            return new PDO(
                $config['connection'].';dbname='.$config['name'],
                $config['username'],
                $config['password'],
                $config['options']
            );
        } catch (PDOException $e) {
            die($e->getMessage());
        }
    }
}

It worked with the commented out version, but after making config.php and taking the information from there is when I receive the error.

config.php

<?php

return [
    'database' => [
        'name' => 'schema_test',
        'username' => 'name',
        'password' => 'password',
        'connection' => 'localhost:3306',
        'options' => [],
    ]
];

bootstrap.php

<?php

require 'database/Connection.php';

require 'database/QueryBuilder.php';

$config = require 'config.php';

return new QueryBuilder(
    Connection::make($config['database'])
);

Also I get no additional information about the error in the console.

I’ve already tried solutions, which worked for others, like:
sudo apt-get install php-mysql

I tried reinstalling a few php related things and that didn’t change anything either.

<?php

require 'database/Connection.php';

require 'database/QueryBuilder.php';

$config = require 'config.php';

print_r($config);

return new QueryBuilder(
    Connection::make($config['database'])
);

Output:

Array ( [database] => Array ( [name] => schema_test => user [password] => password [connection] => localhost:3306 [options] => Array ( ) ) ) SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user ‘user’@’localhost’ (using password: YES)

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2

Answers


  1. 0

    In your config.php, set directly the array :

    <?php

$config = [
    'database' => [
        'name' => 'schema_test',
        'username' => 'name',
        'password' => 'password',
        'connection' => 'mysql:host=localhost:3306',
        'options' => [],
    ]
];

    In your bootstrap.php, please require your config.php file like that :

    require 'config.php';

    And do not forget to use $config[‘database’][‘name’]…

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  2. 0

    You are not declaring the driver, thus you get 'could not find driver'. Also, you are missing to name the host= parameter.

    To correct this error change your PDO instantiation like this:

    return new PDO(
    'mysql:host='.$config['connection'].';dbname='.$config['name'],
    $config['username'],
    $config['password'],
    $config['options']
 );

    Your $config array is okay as it is, and it is also included correctly.

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