Hello, folks,
Whenever possible, I always use Aprelium's Preconfigured PHP Packages for Windows (64-bit). However, when those packages lag behind versions available on the PHP.net website, until now I have been able to successfully use newer versions downloaded directly from their windows.php.net page. I don't know if these are the correct versions, but I've been downloading & using their VS16 x64 Thread Safe versions. Is that the correct one to be using? (My Abyss X2 is running on Windows 10 Pro x64.)
The last version from their windows.php.net page that I was able to successfully use was PHP 8.3.11. Their PHP 8.3.12 worked fine for me for non-MySQL scripts, but was not able to connect to any of my MySQL (MariaDB) databases. Which ended up being OK, because Aprelium released their Preconfigured PHP 8.3.12 package for Windows (64-bit), which works fine. However, I have the same MySQL problem with VS16 x64 Thread Safe (2024-Oct-22 21:26:42) for PHP 8.3.13, which works fine for non-MySQL scripts, but is also not able to connect to any of my MySQL (MariaDB) databases.
The error for my CMS shows:

Unable to establish connection to MySQL
0 : could not find driver

Similarly, for my Forums script:

Connection Problems
Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database.

Has anyone else tried the VS16 x64 Thread Safe (2024-Oct-22 21:26:42) version of PHP 8.3.13 from their windows.php.net page and their MySQL stuff still works?
Sorry, I know absolutely nothing technical about PHP or MySQL, so I am not able to troubleshoot further.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
John