Re: Re: [PHP-DB] PHP and MSSQL on Linux

I have the freetds installed and am able to communicate with MSSQL, but only when i run the script from the command line. When I run it from a webbrowser, it fails. Robbert Joseph Crawford <codebowl@gmail.com> wrote on 11/02/2005, 08:00:43 PM: > I attempted this a while back for a client who used a 3rd party database to > get thier content, the database was on a windows machine and MSSQL, however > they ended up not being able to fully fund the project so gave up. > > I did find one thing that you had to install on linux to get linux to > communicate with MSSQL however when i talked with a lot of hosts they would > not install it because it had security flaws and has not been updated in > years. > > To furthur this project we would have to get a dedicated server and install > the package that was needed > > http://www.freetds.org/ > > I tried many things but i could not get php to communicate with MSSQL on a > windows machine without the use of FreeTDS and even then it seemed to be > particularly difficult, had to tweak stuff to get it initially installed. > > I hope this helps :) > > > -- > Joseph Crawford Jr. > Zend Certified Engineer > Codebowl Solutions, Inc. > 1-802-671-2021 > codebowl@gmail.com