CakePHP 2.6 and PHP 5.6.40 (Upgraded from 5.3.17) Error Mysql "Selected driver is not enabled"

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Hi. I have an application running CakePHP 2.6 with PHP 5.3.17. I recently upgraded my PHP version to PHP 5.6.40. Unfortunately, the site cannot be reached after the upgrade.

Here’s the screenshot from the error.log

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Error: [MissingConnectionException] Database connection "Mysql" is missing, or could not be created.
Exception Attributes: array (
  'class' => 'Mysql',
  'message' => 'Selected driver is not enabled',
  'enabled' => false,
)
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Just as a guess, I’d say that maybe you haven’t enabled the MySQL driver in the new PHP?

3

I already enabled it in the php.ini, do I need to install php extensions like php5.6-mysql etc.?

4

What does the php.ini line look like? Assuming that you restarted your web server after that? Have you confirmed (with phpinfo for example) that it’s enabled (maybe it’s using a different php.ini file than you think it is?) when running in a web page context?

5

Seems like installing all the required php extensions solved the issue.

php5.6-cli php5.6-json php5.6-pdo php5.6-mysql php5.6-zip php5.6-gd php5.6-mbstring php5.6-curl php5.6-xml php5.6-pear php5.6-bcmath php5.6-intl libapache2-mod-php5.6

Thanks!!