php_mssql - 'space' instead of empty string

I've found that since PHP 4.3.4 many people had problems with MSSQL extension. PHP developers are saying that is problem with MS libraries, and there is no possibility to fix it in PHP: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=29292&edit=1 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=26315&edit=1 Right now I'm using PHP 4.4.0, and still have problem with it. I understand that php_mssql binaries are compiled using ntwdblib.lib, and that very library is causing trouble, am I right? Is it possible to recompile php_mssql with old version of ntwdblib.lib (used in PHP 4.3.3) without negative consequences (memory leaks, unstability, whatever)? Or using old PHP 4.3.3 is the only solution? -- Bartosz Jakubiak