PHP 5.5.0 w/ Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 - No sqlsrv_connect()?

Question

I have the following environment:

• Windows Server 2008 R2
• IIS 7.5
• Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2

I want to use the new PHP 5.5.0

Answer 1

Official driver from Microsoft has now been released (12/12/2014) .. you can download it here

Version 3.1 now supports PHP 5.5 and requires Microsoft ODBC Driver 11 (or higher) for SQL Server

Answer 2

PHP 5.5 compiled with VC11, so the driver must be compiled with VC11 too. You can download PHP SQL Server driver (compiled with VC11) from here:

SQL Server PHP Driver For PHP 5.5