title: Laravel cannot find database from MySQL information_schema
body: <p>Whenever I write the command <code>php artisan migrate</code>, This pops up</p>
  
  <pre><code>In Connection.php line 664:
  
    could not find driver (SQL: select * from information_schema.tables where t  
    able_schema = some_work_db and table_name = migrations)                    
  
  
  In Connector.php line 67:
  
    could not find driver  
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So before, I thought it was because the Laravel project folder was copied from another computer. So I installed it again onto mine but the problem persists. I even reinstalled xampp for multiple versions, but still that error pops up. I tried creating a dummy database and going to the information_schema database, but the dummy database wasn't created. </p>
  
  <p>What do I need to do to fix this? or What am I doing wrong?</p>
  
  <p>So if this could help fix the problem, I am using</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Ubuntu 16.04 x64</li>
  <li>Laravel 5.5.28</li>
  <li>PhpStorm 2017.3</li>
  <li>Ubuntu username: <strong>io</strong></li>
  <li>Mysql Server</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>PS: I have looked up at different solutions in from Laravel, but most of the are from PDO and don't help as much.</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: Adding the <code>config/database.php</code> file contents</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?php
  
  return [
  
      /*
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      | Default Database Connection Name
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      |
      | Here you may specify which of the database connections below you wish
      | to use as your default connection for all database work. Of course
      | you may use many connections at once using the Database library.
      |
      */
  
      'default' =&gt; env('DB_CONNECTION', 'mysql'),
  
      /*
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      | Database Connections
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      |
      | Here are each of the database connections setup for your application.
      | Of course, examples of configuring each database platform that is
      | supported by Laravel is shown below to make development simple.
      |
      |
      | All database work in Laravel is done through the PHP PDO facilities
      | so make sure you have the driver for your particular database of
      | choice installed on your machine before you begin development.
      |
      */
  
      'connections' =&gt; [
  
          'sqlite' =&gt; [
              'driver' =&gt; 'sqlite',
              'database' =&gt; env('DB_DATABASE', database_path('database.sqlite')),
              'prefix' =&gt; '',
          ],
  
          'mysql' =&gt; [
              'driver' =&gt; 'mysql',
              'host' =&gt; env('DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
              'port' =&gt; env('DB_PORT', '3306'),
              'database' =&gt; env('DB_DATABASE', 'some_work_db'),
              'username' =&gt; env('DB_USERNAME', 'root'),
              'password' =&gt; env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
              'unix_socket' =&gt; env('DB_SOCKET', ''),
              'charset' =&gt; 'utf8mb4',
              'collation' =&gt; 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
              'prefix' =&gt; '',
              'strict' =&gt; true,
              'engine' =&gt; null,
          ],
  
          'pgsql' =&gt; [
              'driver' =&gt; 'pgsql',
              'host' =&gt; env('DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
              'port' =&gt; env('DB_PORT', '5432'),
              'database' =&gt; env('DB_DATABASE', 'forge'),
              'username' =&gt; env('DB_USERNAME', 'forge'),
              'password' =&gt; env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
              'charset' =&gt; 'utf8',
              'prefix' =&gt; '',
              'schema' =&gt; 'public',
              'sslmode' =&gt; 'prefer',
          ],
  
          'sqlsrv' =&gt; [
              'driver' =&gt; 'sqlsrv',
              'host' =&gt; env('DB_HOST', 'localhost'),
              'port' =&gt; env('DB_PORT', '1433'),
              'database' =&gt; env('DB_DATABASE', 'forge'),
              'username' =&gt; env('DB_USERNAME', 'forge'),
              'password' =&gt; env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
              'charset' =&gt; 'utf8',
              'prefix' =&gt; '',
          ],
  
      ],
  
      /*
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      | Migration Repository Table
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      |
      | This table keeps track of all the migrations that have already run for
      | your application. Using this information, we can determine which of
      | the migrations on disk haven't actually been run in the database.
      |
      */
  
      'migrations' =&gt; 'migrations',
  
      /*
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      | Redis Databases
      |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
      |
      | Redis is an open source, fast, and advanced key-value store that also
      | provides a richer set of commands than a typical key-value systems
      | such as APC or Memcached. Laravel makes it easy to dig right in.
      |
      */
  
      'redis' =&gt; [
  
          'client' =&gt; 'predis',
  
          'default' =&gt; [
              'host' =&gt; env('REDIS_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
              'password' =&gt; env('REDIS_PASSWORD', null),
              'port' =&gt; env('REDIS_PORT', 6379),
              'database' =&gt; 0,
          ],
  
      ],
  
  ];
  </code></pre>