PHP PDO exception: could not find driver
freebsd, pdo, php
Solution
PDO uses database specific drivers to connect to database systems. It looks like you are missing the pdo_mysql driver that is required to connect to a MySQL database. There is some details on installing the driver on the pdo_mysql manual page, or there may be a BSD package that you can use (I am afraid I'm not familiar enough with BSD to offer specific advice).
Problem
Does the MySQL-server and PHP5-MySQLi version have to match in order for a connection to be possible? I'm currently receiving the error below: I am running BSD. "Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'PDOException' with message 'could not find driver'..." Here is the the connection info: ``` $info = "mysql:dbname=myDB;host=localhost"; $user = "dbUser"; $pw = "somePW"; return(new PDO($info, $user, $pw)); ``` Here is my MySQL information: mysql-server-5.5.24 php5-mysqli-5.4.3