Using RefreshDatabase shows the Driver not found error

Question

I am Trying to write tests in laravel, i have been doing this for some time and it has been working well. With this new project, i am supposed to use TDD still and the Refresh Database. When i include use RefreshDatabase, i get an error that i have not been getting with the other projects i have been working on. What could be the problem.

code i am testing.

class ParentsTest extends TestCase
{
    use RefreshDatabase;

    /** @test */
    public function createParentTest(){
        $this->withoutExceptionHandling();
        $response = $this->post('/create-parent',[
            'fname' => 'Julius',
            'lname' => 'Ssemakula',
            'contact' => '256702913454'
        ]);
        $this->assertDatabaseHas('Parents', ['fname' => 'Julius']);
    }
}

the error I get is

1) Tests\Feature\ParentsTest::createParentTest Illuminate\Database\QueryException: could not find driver (SQL: PRAGMA foreign_keys = ON;)

tamrat · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-01 15:30:44Z

1

You need to install the appropriate driver for the database you are using. If you are on Linux:

First find out which version of PHP you are running using php --version. I'll use php7.3 for demonstration purposes.

For MySQL:

sudo apt install php7.3-mysql

For SQLite:

sudo apt install php7.3-sqlite

For PostgreSQL:

sudo apt install php7.3-pgsql

After installing the appropriate drivers, your tests should work.

answered Mar 1, 2020 at 15:30

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2 Comments

Luis Alfredo Serrano Díaz Over a year ago

Tengo todas las extensiones instaladas para PDO y aun me da error, lo extraño es que la base de datos que estoy usando es postgresql pero con las pruebas unitarias me da error con sqlite

tamrat Over a year ago

Es posible que esté utilizando funciones que no están disponibles en SQLite. (Google Translated)

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