note 91261 added to book.mssql

After extensive research trying to get PHP on Linux communicating with SQL Server 2005 and 2008 including support for all Unicode, MAX and XML data types I could not find any open source solutions...yes, I spent a lot of time trying to get FreeTDS to work to no avail. I found one free solution that runs on Windows which is to use the "SQL Server Driver for PHP" provided by Microsoft (http://sql2k5php.codeplex.com). The driver relies on the Microsoft Native Client ODBC drivers for SQL Server 2008 (part of the "Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Native Client" which is downloadable from Microsoft) which is why this solution will not work on anything except Windows. I did find a solution that works for PHP on Linux but it's not free...use the standard PHP::ODBC lib (free) and the Easysoft ODBC driver for SQL Server (not free, but reasonable by Enterprise standards). You can check out the ODBC driver by going here http://www.easysoft.com/products/data_access and looking for "Easysoft ODBC-SQL Server Driver" ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 63.214.184.6 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/book.mssql.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/91261 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91261/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91261/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91261/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91261/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91261/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91261/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/91261 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/91261 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php