dragos at rdss dot ro (2011-05-03 09:59:25)
mssql install-setup as so on linux:
get freetds package
1. wget ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/
ALPHA/freetds/stable/freetds-stable.tgz
2. uncompress and cd 2 sources folder
3. ./configure --enable-msdblib --prefix=/usr/local/freetds
4. make
5. make install
copy some supplementary files
6. cp include/tds.h /usr/local/freetds/include
7. cp src/tds/.libs/libtds.a /usr/local/freetds/lib
get php devel sources if you don't have it and install it
get php sourcers files, uncompress it, chdir
8. chdir ext/mssql
8. phpize
9. ./configure --with-mssql=/usr/local/freetds
10. make
11. cp modules/mssql.so phpextensionpath, or make install
12. echo "/usr/local/freetds/lib" >> /etc/ld.so.conf
and
echo "export FREETDSCONF=/usr/local/freetds/etc/freetds.conf" >> /etc/profile
add in extension section
13. extension=mssql.so to php.ini
add in httpd.conf right above "Include /etc/httpd/mod_php.conf"
14.SetEnv FREETDSCONF /usr/local/freetds/etc/freetds.conf
15. set you server connection in /usr/local/freetds/etc/freetds.conf
for testing w/o reboot server:
16. export FREETDSCONF=/usr/local/freetds/etc/freetds.conf
17. restart apache
18. verify mssql enabled with phpinfo()
19. run your test script.
20. other fine tunnigs and settings
pls. keep in mind:
- your ms SQL must be setup with socket listing ;)
- check windoze box firewall to accept TCP 1433 connection.
Enjoy!
Dragos
robyn at dcphp dot com (2010-12-13 07:31:14)
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-macosx.html
This links to xampp works great on macs. I have put it only for PPC machines, but it claims to work properly on Intel as well.
I also had success installing FreeTDS and PHP from source on an Intel Macbook, running Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard). My steps were the following:
PREPARE SOURCE CODE
step 1: download latest php version
step 2: un-tar the php source code
step 3: download latest freetds version
step 4: un-tar the freetds source code
INSTALL THE FREETDS
step 5: make sure there is a writable directory at /usr/local/freetds
step 6: "cd" to the freetds source directory
step 7: run "sudo ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/freetds --enable-msdblib"
step 8: run "sudo make"
step 9: run "sudo make install"
step 10: run "touch /usr/local/freetds/include/tds.h" (add blank, but necessary files)
step 11: run "touch /usr/local/freetds/lib/libtds.a" (add blank, but necessary files)
INSTALL THE PHP
step 11: "cd" to the php source directory
step 12: run "sudo ./configure --disable-all --with-mssql=/usr/local/freetds"
step 13: run "sudo make"
step 14: run "sudo make install"
Of course, since I was disabling-all (step 12) that means that you have to explicitly add back those modules you want to configure php with.
mark dot treble at marktreble dot co dot uk (2010-05-26 11:28:20)
If anybody is looking for the api documentation now - (26 May 2010), it can be found at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc296152%28SQL.90%29.aspx
opc dot three at gmail dot com (2009-06-01 20:03:31)
A new version of "Microsoft SQL Server Driver for PHP" (originally named "Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP") has been released that supports SQL Server 2008:
http://sql2k5php.codeplex.com
The driver leverages the ODBC driver included in the "Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Native Client" thus this PHP lib will only run on Windows.
You can download the ODBC driver from Microsoft's website for free as well at:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=228DE03F-3B5A-428A-923F-58A033D316E1&displaylang=en#SNAC
robert dot johnson at icap dot com (2008-09-24 03:49:21)
Microsoft have provided a PHP driver for SQL Server 2005.
At the time of this note, the link to it is: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc296221.aspx
If that doesn't work, search MSDN for "SQL Server 2005 Driver for PHP"
ksamuels at pleazNOSPAM dot sportsendeavors dot COM (2008-06-18 13:55:14)
I was having a difficult time getting four Windows 2003 Servers to connect to an MSSQL database with PHP 5.2.5 and IIS after already getting one such server to connect with no problems. I even copied the entire php directory and dlls to the other servers exactly as they were on the working server but continually got "Unable to connect to server" errors. The fix was to delete the ntwdblib.dll from the PHP directory. It was already in the C:\windows\system32 directory and this did not cause a problem on the first server but did on all the others.
jklowden at freetds dot org (2008-05-27 10:06:15)
The 30-character limitation does not apply to the FreeTDS db-lib implementation. FreeTDS returns column names of any length supported by the server (and protocol).