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Broken Laravel After PHP update from 5.5 to 5.6

Hey,

Yesterday i updated my php from 5.5 to 5.6 (because i needed to install a sublime package). Im on Ubuntu 14.04

Now my laravel migrations are not working.

When i ran

php artisan migrate

I get

[PDOException] could not find driver.

I am using postgreSQL database if that helps. Also when i run. composer update i get.

Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.

  Problem 1
    - laravel/framework v5.2.9 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.8 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.7 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.6 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.5 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.40 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.4 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.39 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.38 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.37 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.36 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.35 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.34 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.33 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.32 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.31 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.30 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.3 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.29 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.28 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.27 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.26 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.25 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.24 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.23 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.22 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.21 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.20 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.2 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.19 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.18 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.17 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.16 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.15 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.14 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.13 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.12 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.11 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.10 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.1 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework v5.2.0 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework 5.2.41 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - laravel/framework 5.2.41 requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.
    - Installation request for laravel/framework 5.2.* -> satisfiable by laravel/framework[5.2.41, v5.2.0, v5.2.1, v5.2.10, v5.2.11, v5.2.12, v5.2.13, v5.2.14, v5.2.15, v5.2.16, v5.2.17, v5.2.18, v5.2.19, v5.2.2, v5.2.20, v5.2.21, v5.2.22, v5.2.23, v5.2.24, v5.2.25, v5.2.26, v5.2.27, v5.2.28, v5.2.29, v5.2.3, v5.2.30, v5.2.31, v5.2.32, v5.2.33, v5.2.34, v5.2.35, v5.2.36, v5.2.37, v5.2.38, v5.2.39, v5.2.4, v5.2.40, v5.2.5, v5.2.6, v5.2.7, v5.2.8, v5.2.9].

  To enable extensions, verify that they are enabled in those .ini files:
    - /etc/php/5.6/cli/php.ini
    - /etc/php/5.6/cli/conf.d/10-opcache.ini
    - /etc/php/5.6/cli/conf.d/10-pdo.ini
    - /etc/php/5.6/cli/conf.d/15-xml.ini
    - /etc/php/5.6/cli/conf.d/20-calendar.ini
    - /etc/php/5.6/cli/conf.d/20-ctype.ini
    - /etc/php/5.6/cli/conf.d/20-dom.ini
    - /etc/php/5.6/cli/conf.d/20-exif.ini
    - /etc/php/5.6/cli/conf.d/20-fileinfo.ini
    - /etc/php/5.6/cli/conf.d/20-ftp.ini
    - /etc/php/5.6/cli/conf.d/20-gettext.ini
    - /etc/php/5.6/cli/conf.d/20-iconv.ini
    - /etc/php/5.6/cli/conf.d/20-json.ini
    - /etc/php/5.6/cli/conf.d/20-phar.ini
    - /etc/php/5.6/cli/conf.d/20-posix.ini
    - /etc/php/5.6/cli/conf.d/20-readline.ini
    - /etc/php/5.6/cli/conf.d/20-shmop.ini
    - /etc/php/5.6/cli/conf.d/20-simplexml.ini
    - /etc/php/5.6/cli/conf.d/20-sockets.ini
    - /etc/php/5.6/cli/conf.d/20-sysvmsg.ini
    - /etc/php/5.6/cli/conf.d/20-sysvsem.ini
    - /etc/php/5.6/cli/conf.d/20-sysvshm.ini
    - /etc/php/5.6/cli/conf.d/20-tokenizer.ini
    - /etc/php/5.6/cli/conf.d/20-wddx.ini
    - /etc/php/5.6/cli/conf.d/20-xmlreader.ini
    - /etc/php/5.6/cli/conf.d/20-xmlwriter.ini
    - /etc/php/5.6/cli/conf.d/20-xsl.ini
  You can also run `php --ini` inside terminal to see which files are used by PHP in CLI mode.
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tomopongrac's avatar

Check php.ini file and uncomment line with

extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll
KHAN's avatar
Level 4

@tomi

Im using a pgsql db, ive tried that still getting the pdo exception and composer update still having issues.

d3xt3r's avatar

It clearly says

requires ext-mbstring * -> the requested PHP extension mbstring is missing from your system.

Enable it ... Search the web on how to add and enable extensions in PHP. This should fix composer update problems.

KHAN's avatar
Level 4

@d3xt3r

Its already installed.

and Ive gone into my ini file and uncommented the extention for mbstring.

I'm still getting this issue

d3xt3r's avatar

Have to restarted the web services after you uncommented it ?

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KHAN
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Best Answer
Level 4

Apparently package got renamed to "sudo apt-get install php5.6-mbstring".

Thats fixed my composer update.

However my php artisan migrate is still not working. Its still giving me [PDOException] could not find driver

Ah again i had to run manually althought installed for 5.5 need to re install for 5.6 " sudo apt-get install php5.6-pgsql"

d3xt3r's avatar

Whats steps did you take to install Postgres for PHP ?

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