How to use PHP to connect to sql server

Question

I want to use PHP to connect to sql server database.

I installed xampp 1.7.0(php 5.2) and SQLSRV20. I\'ve added the extensions in php.ini and I get thi

Answer 1

$uid,                            
                         "PWD"=>$pwd,                            
                         "Database"=>$databaseName); 

/* Connect using SQL Server Authentication. */  
$conn = sqlsrv_connect( $serverName, $connectionInfo);  

$tsql = "SELECT id, FirstName, LastName, Email FROM tblContact";  

/* Execute the query. */  

$stmt = sqlsrv_query( $conn, $tsql);  

if ( $stmt )  
{  
     echo "Statement executed.
\n";  
}   
else   
{  
     echo "Error in statement execution.\n";  
     die( print_r( sqlsrv_errors(), true));  
}  

/* Iterate through the result set printing a row of data upon each iteration.*/  

while( $row = sqlsrv_fetch_array( $stmt, SQLSRV_FETCH_NUMERIC))  
{  
     echo "Col1: ".$row[0]."\n";  
     echo "Col2: ".$row[1]."\n";  
     echo "Col3: ".$row[2]."
\n";  
     echo "-----------------
\n";  
}  

/* Free statement and connection resources. */  
sqlsrv_free_stmt( $stmt);  
sqlsrv_close( $conn);  
?>  

http://robsphp.blogspot.ae/2012/09/how-to-install-microsofts-sql-server.html