After cloning the project to a local folder, the next step is to run the Laravel Sail command to start the development environment. The error message suggests that there is a missing database driver. To fix this, the user needs to install the necessary database driver for their system.
Here are the steps to clone and run a new dev environment:
- Clone the project to a local folder using Git.
- Install Docker and make sure it is running.
- Install the necessary PHP version and Composer.
- Open a terminal and navigate to the project folder.
- Run the following command to start the development environment:
./vendor/bin/sail up
- Once the environment is up and running, open a new terminal window and navigate to the project folder.
- Run the following command to install the project dependencies:
./vendor/bin/sail composer install
- Run the following command to generate a new application key:
./vendor/bin/sail artisan key:generate
- Run the following command to run the database migrations:
./vendor/bin/sail artisan migrate
- If the user encounters a missing database driver error, they need to install the necessary driver for their system. For example, if the error message is "could not find driver", the user needs to install the PHP MySQL driver. On Ubuntu, the user can run the following command to install the driver:
sudo apt-get install php8.0-mysql
- Once the necessary driver is installed, the user can run the database migrations again:
./vendor/bin/sail artisan migrate
- The user can now access the project in their web browser at http://localhost.