PHP PDO ODBC connection

Question

we are trying to create a connection with our SQL database trough ODBC in PHP.

This is our current script:

$cnx = new PDO(\"odbc:Driver={EFR};Serve         


        

Answer 1

try adding DSN on System instead of user

Answer 2

if you already have the ODBC defined and have a stored password, you can simply connect with

$conn = new PDO("odbc:DSN_NAME") 

where DSN_NAME is the actual name of your ODBC datasource, be it MySQL, SQL Server or DB2.

You can test your connection with the following:

try{
    $conn = new PDO ("odbc:DSN_NAME");

    die(json_encode(array('outcome' => true)));
}
catch(PDOException $ex){
     die(json_encode(array('outcome' => false, 'message' => 'Unable to connect')));
}