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You have to install the extension php_sqlsrv_56_ts.dll extension as well.
With only the pdo extension it will not work.
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Hello! I'm trying to laravel connect to SQL Express 2005. My operating system is Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 x64. I downloaded the connection drivers in version 3.2 of the microsoft site, installed the Microsoft Visual C ++ 2008 2010 2012, installed the extension in php.ini
extension = php_pdo_sqlsrv_56_ts.dll
The dll is in the ext folder as the others.
The error I get:
PDOException: could not find driver
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