note 98991 added to intro.mssql

Agreed...poor choice of naming Microsoft. The "SQL Server [Driver] for PHP" is an abstraction layer between PHP and the actual driver, the "Microsoft SQL Server Native Client ODBC Driver", which is also available for free and ships with the SQL Server client tools. To my knowledge the "SQL Server Driver for PHP" will only function on Windows, not because the PHP code is not portable, but because the underlying (actual) driver is Windows-only. That said, it would be interesting to know if you can run Microsoft's "SQL Server Driver for PHP" with Linux ODBC drivers (e.g. Easysoft, DataDirect or FreeTDS ODBC). ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 206.124.19.98 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/intro.mssql.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/98991 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98991/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98991/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98991/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98991/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98991/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98991/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/98991 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/98991 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php