How to enable extension PDO in my ubuntu droplet
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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pdo-mysql php5-mysql
If after this you are unable to use the extension you can check your /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini and make sure it includes:
extension=pdo.so
extension=pdo_mysql.so
/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
in this path u mention, i dont have php5 folder. i have just php, in that php i have .git, 5.6, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2 folders like that.
after i did this.. “ sudo apt-get install php5-mysql”
i got this…
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Package php5-mysql is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
PHP should already have PDO extension enabled. What you probably need is the mysql driver for it.
# test if php5-mysql package is installed
dpkg-query --status php5-mysql | grep Status
# install the package if the above command indicates that it is not installed
sudo apt-get install php5-mysql
[Edit: oops, @ryanpq already answered]