If your app is PHP based and you need to establish a database connection, you will need to have a PHP PDO extension. Let’s install the PHP PDO extension on Amazon Linux 2.
Prerequisites
- Amazon Linux 2
- sudo privileges
- PHP installed
Install PHP PDO on Amazon Linux 2
Step 1. Install php-pdo.
sudo yum install php-pdo
Step 2. Restart your nginx or apache service depending on your web server.
Step 3. Verify the installation.
echo "<?php phpinfo(); ?>" > /var/www/html/info.php
Step 4. Check the file (info.php) in the browser.
http://server_ip/info.php
Conclusion
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