How do I connect to a SQL Server database in CodeIgniter?

Question

How do I connect to a SQL Server database in CodeIgniter?

I\'m currently starting an application in CodeIgniter and I would like to use SQL Server.

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Answer 1

I couldn't get it to work with the supported driver of mssql so I used sqlsrv

I normally connect with ip,port as the hostname, so I changed that.

pconnect was also giving me issues. I set it to FALSE and it started working.

Here is the configuration I got to work:

$db['default']['hostname'] = '127.0.0.1,1433';
$db['default']['username'] = 'username1';
$db['default']['password'] = 'secretpassword';
$db['default']['database'] = 'databasename';
$db['default']['dbdriver'] = 'sqlsrv';
$db['default']['pconnect'] = FALSE;
$db['default']['db_debug'] = TRUE;
$db['default']['cache_on'] = FALSE;
$db['default']['autoinit'] = TRUE;
$db['default']['stricton'] = FALSE;