PDO MSSQL Server - Driver not found

Question

I am currently trying to connect to my localdb on MSSQL 2012 Express.

I have downloaded and installed the official microsoft driver from http://www.microsoft.com/en-

Answer 1

Another possibility is to use the odbc drivers which are by default included in the php extensions, you still might have to uncomment them in your php.ini though.

extension=php_pdo_odbc.dll

Don't forget to restart your server afterwards ;-)

And then use it like this:

$db = new PDO('odbc:Driver={SQL Server};Server=192.168.x.x;Database=DatabaseName; Uid=User;Pwd=Password');
$stmt = $db->query("SELECT the_usual FROM aTable WHERE all='well'");