SQL Server PDO could not find driver

Question

I\'m using Microsoft Azure SQL for my database and I\'m trying to connect it to my project on my localhost using XAMPP. When I try to connect to the database using the connect s

Answer 1

Azure SQL Database is built on the Microsoft SQL Server engine. So you might consider using pdo-dblib to connect to SQL Server using the PDO on a Mac. You can check out a Stack Overflow question about it here or refer to this setup documentation.

After the driver having been installed, Azure SQL won’t actually accept connection from your local yet. And you might get the following error:

Client with IP address '167.xxx.xxx.xxx' is not allowed to access the server.

That’s because there is a firewall in the way by default. To enable access, go to the Azure portal, click on All Resources, select your SQL service, click on Firewall in the SETTING menu.

Your client address is conveniently included in the list, so you can just click on Add client IP followed by Save.

Well, when you run your code now, it should connect.