I generally use Uniform Server's WAMP environment for local testing, which has worked fine through Drupal 6. On testing Drupal 7 however, when I get to the Database configuration page of the installer, I get a message:

Your web server does not appear to support any common database types. Check with your hosting provider to see if they offer any databases that Drupal supports.

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berdir’s picture

berdir
Primary language German
Location Switzerland
commented
Category: bug » support
Status: Active » Fixed

You need to enable PDO, which is required by Drupal 7 now.

Note that you need the basic PDO and the PDO extension for the database you want to use.

See also #326336: Better help when PDO driver not present and #299308: Installing Drupal by visiting index.php (rather than install.php) leads to a fatal error when PDO is not enabled, these try to improve the error message and requirements.

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adam_b commented

Okay, I already had php_pdo.dll - after a lot of searching I found a copy of php_pdo_mysql.dll and downloaded it. I edited php.ini so it includes extension=php_pdo.dll and extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll... but now I get an Apache error saying

The procedure entry point php_pdo_declare_long_constant could not be located in the dynamic link library php_pdo.dll.
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adam_b commented
Status: Fixed » Active
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arlanda commented

Uncomment the two lines in php.ini

extension=php_pdo_mysql.dll
extension=php_pdo_sqlite.dll

(UniServer v5.6.15)

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kprocks commented

@ adam_b

i face the same problem as said in comment #2 !!
please elaborate the solution if u have already found it..

thanx in advance..!!

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adam_b commented

Sorry, this was 2.5 years back and even if I remembered I doubt if the fix would still work. I've loaded D7 many times since then, with no problems.

Status: Active » Closed (outdated)

Automatically closed because Drupal 7 security and bugfix support has ended as of 5 January 2025. If the issue verifiably applies to later versions, please reopen with details and update the version.