MSSQL 7 and PHP

I need to connect to some MSSQL 7 server from php, so far I've found nothing but bugs and unstability. I've tried sybase-ct and sybase libs at linux and also some php_mssql70.dll at win32 Now I'm gonna try the beta FreeTDS libs but I don't get a good feeling about it (by reading users experience on it). So my golden question: what's a rock-solid way to connect to a MSSQL 7 server from PHP? I'm so frustrated right now that I don't really care if i have to use php3 or php4, linux or win32, sybase, odbc or whatever as long as it works fine and doesnt requires extra software at the NT SQL server (ie: odbc bridges, openlink software, etc) if this means using php3.0.6 with odbc I'd go for it. I just dont want to keep on trying more and more ways to get this working. Well, thanks a lot for your help Alex