# Database adapter cannot be created in Apigility - "driver" key is not present

**URL:** <https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/database-adapter-cannot-be-created-in-apigility-driver-key-is-not-present/1565>\
**Category:** API Tools\
**Created:** [April 28, 2020, 5:29am UTC](https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/database-adapter-cannot-be-created-in-apigility-driver-key-is-not-present/1565 "2020-04-28T05:29:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chamsdin\_Bouagga](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.laminas.dev/chamsdin_bouagga/32/685_2.png) [@Chamsdin\_Bouagga](https://discourse.laminas.dev/u/Chamsdin_Bouagga)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 5:29am UTC](https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/database-adapter-cannot-be-created-in-apigility-driver-key-is-not-present/1565/1 "2020-04-28T05:29:20Z")

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Service with name “Laminas\Db\Adapter\AdapterInterface” could not be created. Reason: createDriver expects a “driver” key to be present inside the parameters

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**Author:** ![samsonasik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.laminas.dev/samsonasik/32/777_2.png) [@samsonasik](https://discourse.laminas.dev/u/samsonasik)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/database-adapter-cannot-be-created-in-apigility-driver-key-is-not-present/1565/2 "2020-04-28T23:28:05Z")

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you need to provide `driver` key, eg:

`'driver'` `=> ` `'Pdo'` `,`

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**Author:** ![Chamsdin\_Bouagga](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.laminas.dev/chamsdin_bouagga/32/685_2.png) [@Chamsdin\_Bouagga](https://discourse.laminas.dev/u/Chamsdin_Bouagga)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 3:51am UTC](https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/database-adapter-cannot-be-created-in-apigility-driver-key-is-not-present/1565/3 "2020-04-29T03:51:07Z")

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> [@samsonasik](#):
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> provide `driver` key

i provided the driver key but it doesn’t work

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**Author:** ![Chamsdin\_Bouagga](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.laminas.dev/chamsdin_bouagga/32/685_2.png) [@Chamsdin\_Bouagga](https://discourse.laminas.dev/u/Chamsdin_Bouagga)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 3:51am UTC](https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/database-adapter-cannot-be-created-in-apigility-driver-key-is-not-present/1565/4 "2020-04-29T03:51:46Z")

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**Author:** ![Chamsdin\_Bouagga](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.laminas.dev/chamsdin_bouagga/32/685_2.png) [@Chamsdin\_Bouagga](https://discourse.laminas.dev/u/Chamsdin_Bouagga)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/database-adapter-cannot-be-created-in-apigility-driver-key-is-not-present/1565/5 "2020-04-29T03:53:16Z")

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**Author:** ![Chamsdin\_Bouagga](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.laminas.dev/chamsdin_bouagga/32/685_2.png) [@Chamsdin\_Bouagga](https://discourse.laminas.dev/u/Chamsdin_Bouagga)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 3:54am UTC](https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/database-adapter-cannot-be-created-in-apigility-driver-key-is-not-present/1565/6 "2020-04-29T03:54:37Z")

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**Author:** ![Chamsdin\_Bouagga](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.laminas.dev/chamsdin_bouagga/32/685_2.png) [@Chamsdin\_Bouagga](https://discourse.laminas.dev/u/Chamsdin_Bouagga)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 3:55am UTC](https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/database-adapter-cannot-be-created-in-apigility-driver-key-is-not-present/1565/7 "2020-04-29T03:55:35Z")

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**Author:** ![Chamsdin\_Bouagga](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.laminas.dev/chamsdin_bouagga/32/685_2.png) [@Chamsdin\_Bouagga](https://discourse.laminas.dev/u/Chamsdin_Bouagga)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 3:58am UTC](https://discourse.laminas.dev/t/database-adapter-cannot-be-created-in-apigility-driver-key-is-not-present/1565/8 "2020-04-29T03:58:47Z")

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