Not Able to Enable Pdo_Mysql Extension or Not Able to Install

Question

I am using Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS , Using PHP version 5.6 i have required 5.6 version only not required php latest version

I tried to install or tried to enable but not working:

 sudo apt-get install php5-gd php5-mysql

E: Package 'php5-mysql' has no installation candidate

I am getting below error.

pdo_mysql extension is not installed

Accepted Answer

sudo apt-get install php-pdo-mysql

Answer 2

Thanks for your help, i have resolved issue.

I have executed below commands in terminal.

sudo a2dismod php7.0
sudo a2enmod php5.6
sudo apt-get install php5.6-mysql
sudo service apache2 restart

Thanks,

Answer 3

As of version 16.04, Ubuntu comes with php7 by default. You need to install php5 repository. This might help:

#sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php

Answer 4

try doing something like

extension=pdo.so
extension=pdo_mysql.so

in your php.ini

restart the webserver (e.g. with "sudo service apache2 restart")

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