Unable to connect to SQL Server with PHP

Question

Connection to sqlsrv string not working.

$login = new PDO(\"sqlsrv:server=MYSQLSERVER\\SQLEXPRESS;Database=db_name\", \"user\", \"passw\");
         


        

Answer 1

Looks like to connect to MS-SQL, you will need to utilize ODBC.

Reference:http://php.net/manual/en/pdo.construct.php#120705

$odbc="odbc:Driver={SQL Server};Server=$server;Database=$database;";

$cnx = new PDO( $odbc , $user, $password);