Adding php-mysql package

[finnlewis]

which seems to be required by drush command line to prevent Error: Undefined class constant MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA

On a fresh install a couple of times recently, the first time I try to run drush I get the above error. A quick google and apt-get install php-mysql seems to fix it.

Not 100% clear why!

[computerminds-jenkins]

Can one of the admins verify this patch?

[finnlewis]

Hi @darthsteven !
Running drush on a fresh install raises questions about needing a few more php libraries. I see that on the command line I now have PHP 7.1.1-1+deb.sury.org~trusty+1 (cli) (built: Jan 20 2017 09:43:29) ( NTS )
When running drush for the first time, I get the error above, resolved by installing php-mysql ( which I think installs php7.1-mysql.

I then ran into an error when running a site install, which seemed to be caused by missing php curl library.

Again, installing the php-curl package installed the php7.1-curl package and all was fine again.

Do we simply need to add all the php7.1 versions of the packages we install to ensure they are available to drush?

Cheers,

Finn