Laravel Controllers not connecting to postgres 'could not find driver'

I am using Laravel 10.10 on Debian 10.2 with Postgres 13.11. php artisan tinker works and I can retrieve data this way, I can even migrate to the database. But I cannot get data through the Controllers.

return view('sales', [
    'sales' => Sales::findOrFail(2)
]);

results in could not find driver (Connection: pgsql...

I don't think this is a routes issue. When I go to Network and look at the database table connect it say 500 error. I also have sorted my database configuration, since I can migrate. I have also tried numerous remedies that I could find but I've had no success.

This is unique because I can connect to the database through tinker and by running migrations. So I am making a silly mistake somewhere else.

laravel.log output...

[2023-06-14 06:42:42] local.ERROR: could not find driver (Connection: pgsql, SQL: select * from "migrations") {"exception":"[object] (Illuminate\\Database\\QueryException(code: 0): could not find driver (Connection: pgsql, SQL: select * from \"migrations\") at /var/www/html/driptech/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php:795)
[stacktrace]

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Typically there are two versions of PHP installed on a server. One is used by the web server when responding to HTTP requests and the other is for the CLI.

Is it possible that you don't have the PostgreSQL module installed or configured for both installations?

Use the phpinfo() function and php -i command to check if PostgreSQL is installed and enabled.