PHP + Microsoft Access

Hello I have to interface an MSAccess database and Apache server on a linux box thru PHP. The only way I found to do that is to use ODBC with some specific drivers (I tried Openlink). This solution needs sort of server running on a Windows station, it serves requests to the Access database file. The problem is that I would like to do this WITHOUT any Windows station, to achieve good reliability (we can't have a Windows station running just for that). Also the database can't be ported to any other format because there are some programs written in VB-Access that need it as is. So what I need is sort of sql driver for accessing mdb files on a unix/linux box. Does-it exist? I searched a lot on the web but with no succes. Any suggestions are welcome Thanx in advance Some details: - The Access database file (mdb) is located on a Unix box in a shared folder Tom