note 98991 deleted from intro.mssql by danbrown
| From: | danbrown@php.net | Date: | Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:21:50 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 98991 deleted from intro.mssql by danbrown | ||
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Note Submitter: opc dot three at gmail dot com
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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).