Answers for "could not find driver (SQL: select"

could not find driver (SQL: SHOW FULL TABLES WHERE table_type = 'BASE TABLE')

You might need to comment out the following in your php.ini file.
;extension=pdo_mysql.so

############# OR ##############
Other solution might be you may have a missing dependency

If you can, run :
composer update

composer require doctrine/dbal

could not find driver (SQL: select * from information_schema.table

#In your php.ini configuration file simply uncomment the extension
;extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll
#in ubuntu, you can run
sudo apt-get install php8.0-pdo-mysql

#I recommend wsl for windows users

PDOException::("could not find driver") windows

extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll

illuminate database queryexception could not find driver laravel

sudo apt-get install php-sqlite3

illuminate database queryexception could not find driver (sql select * from

sudo apt-get install php5.6-mysql/php7.2-mysql
sudo apt-cache serch drivername