Re: Compiling PHP for MS SQL Support

[Barry Smith <bnsmith003@xxxxxxxxx>]

People:

Let's get real here.

M$ is a commercial entity that views most of it's objects 
and interfaces as proprietary product.

Linux, PHP, and almost everything distributed under GPL 
is not a commercial entity, or usually has no cost associated.

I've heard of Ubuntu, but I'm not sure whether it is GPL 
or not... which doesn't matter, because PHP is GPL... and 
in this case, distributed under a possible license with 
Ubuntu.

If I remember enough of the config that you need, MS SQL 
can be accessed for input by ODBC... but I've never 
worked with an PHP/M$ $QL mix.

Good luck.

Suggestion: Hit Google with "PHP MS SQL".
  One of the articles/sites that Google finds should walk you 
through accessing MS SQL from PHP.  I would really think that
the PHP docs should have something about setting up access to 
MS SQL Server.

> The PHP version that came with Ubuntu 6.06 Linux does not have 
> MS SQL compiled into it. It seems like most PHPs do not by the 
> PHP docs. 
> PHP is on the Linux machine. MS SQL Server is on a Windows machine
> within the domain. I need to use MS SQL within PHP on the Linux 
> server to access the MS SQL machine.



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