How to use PHP to connect to sql server

Question

I want to use PHP to connect to sql server database.

I installed xampp 1.7.0(php 5.2) and SQLSRV20. I\'ve added the extensions in php.ini and I get thi

Answer 1

$dbhandle = sqlsrv_connect($myServer, $myUser, $myPass)
  or die("Couldn't connect to SQL Server on $myServer"); 

Hope it help.

Answer 2

I've been having the same problem (well I hope the same). Anyways it turned out to be my version of ntwdblib.dll, which was out of date in my PHP folder.

http://dba.fyicenter.com/faq/sql_server_2/Finding_ntwdblib_dll_Version_2000_80_194_0.html

Answer 3

<?php  
$serverName = "ServerName"; 
$uid = "sqlusername";   
$pwd = "sqlpassword";  
$databaseName = "DBName"; 

$connectionInfo = array( "UID"=>$uid,                            
                         "PWD"=>$pwd,                            
                         "Database"=>$databaseName); 

/* Connect using SQL Server Authentication. */  
$conn = sqlsrv_connect( $serverName, $connectionInfo);  

$tsql = "SELECT id, FirstName, LastName, Email FROM tblContact";  

/* Execute the query. */  

$stmt = sqlsrv_query( $conn, $tsql);  

if ( $stmt )  
{  
     echo "Statement executed.<br>\n";  
}   
else   
{  
     echo "Error in statement execution.\n";  
     die( print_r( sqlsrv_errors(), true));  
}  

/* Iterate through the result set printing a row of data upon each iteration.*/  

while( $row = sqlsrv_fetch_array( $stmt, SQLSRV_FETCH_NUMERIC))  
{  
     echo "Col1: ".$row[0]."\n";  
     echo "Col2: ".$row[1]."\n";  
     echo "Col3: ".$row[2]."<br>\n";  
     echo "-----------------<br>\n";  
}  

/* Free statement and connection resources. */  
sqlsrv_free_stmt( $stmt);  
sqlsrv_close( $conn);  
?>  

http://robsphp.blogspot.ae/2012/09/how-to-install-microsofts-sql-server.html

Answer 4

Try this to be able to catch the thrown exception:

$server_name = "your server name";
$database_name = "your database name";
try {
   $conn = new PDO("sqlsrv:Server=$server_name;Database=$database_name;ConnectionPooling=0", "user_name", "password");
   $conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
} catch(PDOException $e) {
    $e->getMessage();
}

Answer 5

for further investigation: print out the mssql error message:

$dbhandle = mssql_connect($myServer, $myUser, $myPass) or die("Could not connect to database: ".mssql_get_last_message()); 

It is also important to specify the port: On MS SQL Server 2000, separate it with a comma:

$myServer = "10.85.80.229:1443";

or

$myServer = "10.85.80.229,1443";

Answer 6

For the following code you have to enable mssql in the php.ini as described at this link: http://www.php.net/manual/en/mssql.installation.php

$myServer = "10.85.80.229";
$myUser = "root";
$myPass = "pass";
$myDB = "testdb";

$conn = mssql_connect($myServer,$myUser,$myPass);
if (!$conn)
{ 
  die('Not connected : ' . mssql_get_last_message());
} 
$db_selected = mssql_select_db($myDB, $conn);
if (!$db_selected) 
{
  die ('Can\'t use db : ' . mssql_get_last_message());
}