PHP PDO : Charset=UTF8 : An invalid keyword charset was specified in the dsn string

Question

I am connecting to an MS SQL server with PDO using the sqlsrv driver.

PHP version is 5.3.24. The working connection looks like this:

$dsny = \"sqlsrv         


        

Answer 1

You need to apply the attribute after connecting:

$dbhy->setAttribute(PDO::SQLSRV_ATTR_ENCODING, PDO::SQLSRV_ENCODING_UTF8);

See: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff628157(v=sql.105).aspx