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

 $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 2

Try this one :

$servername = "10.85.80.229";
$username = "root";
$password = "pass";

// Create connection
$conn = mysqli_connect($servername, $username, $password);

// Check connection
if (!$conn) {
die("Connection failed: " . mysqli_connect_error());
}
echo "Connected successfully";