make sure you are running Laravel 8.x
its working in Laravel 8.x
php artisan -V
php artisan schema:dump
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I am trying to run the command. I am getting this error.
php artisan schema:dump
'mysqldump' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
'mysqldump' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Symfony\Component\Process\Exception\ProcessFailedException
The command "mysqldump --skip-add-drop-table --skip-add-locks --skip-comments --skip-set-charset --tz-utc --host="${:LARAVEL_LOAD_HOST}" --port="${:LARAVEL_LOAD_PORT}" --user="${:LARAVEL_LOAD_USER}" --password="${:LARAVEL_LOAD_PASSWORD}" "${:LARAVEL_LOAD_DATABAS
E}" --routines --result-file="${:LARAVEL_LOAD_PATH}" --no-data" failed.
What are you developing on? Server? Docker? Xampp?
Most likely you don't have mysqldump in your $PATH
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