How to connect to mssql using pdo through PHP and Linux?

Question

I\'m trying to for a new PDO connection using the following code.

new PDO(\"mssql:driver=????;Server={$serverName};Database={$databaseName}\", $username, $pa         


        

Answer 1

Try

$dbh = new PDO ("mssql:host=$hostname;dbname=$dbname","$username","$pw");

$hostname may need to be configured as either...
$hostname.':'.$port;

OR

$hostname.','.$port;