I ran the Windows installer in order to enable the MSSQL extension in
our PHP/5.3.0 box and... it's not there!

I've been reading the PHP manual, changelogs, bugs database, Google...
and I still don't know whether the extension has been removed from
PHP/5.3 or it's only missing from the binary build due to an error. To
add more confusion, most sites where they talk about Windows development
in PHP mention a SQL Server Driver for PHP written by Microsoft [1] but
they don't explain whether it's an enhancement or the only alternative,
or even what its API looks like.

What happened to the MSSQL extension in PHP 5.3?


[1]
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

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Álvaro G. Vicario wrote:
> I ran the Windows installer in order to enable the MSSQL extension in
> our PHP/5.3.0 box and... it's not there!
>
> I've been reading the PHP manual, changelogs, bugs database, Google...
> and I still don't know whether the extension has been removed from
> PHP/5.3 or it's only missing from the binary build due to an error. To
> add more confusion, most sites where they talk about Windows development
> in PHP mention a SQL Server Driver for PHP written by Microsoft [1] but
> they don't explain whether it's an enhancement or the only alternative,
> or even what its API looks like.
>
> What happened to the MSSQL extension in PHP 5.3?
>
>
> [1]
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>
>

Did you looked int the non installer package ?

regards,
johannes keßler
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Johannes Keßler escribió:
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> Álvaro G. Vicario wrote:
>> I ran the Windows installer in order to enable the MSSQL extension in
>> our PHP/5.3.0 box and... it's not there!
>>
>> I've been reading the PHP manual, changelogs, bugs database, Google...
>> and I still don't know whether the extension has been removed from
>> PHP/5.3 or it's only missing from the binary build due to an error. To
>> add more confusion, most sites where they talk about Windows development
>> in PHP mention a SQL Server Driver for PHP written by Microsoft [1] but
>> they don't explain whether it's an enhancement or the only alternative,
>> or even what its API looks like.
>>
>> What happened to the MSSQL extension in PHP 5.3?
>>
>>
>> [1]
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>>
>>
>
> Did you looked int the non installer package ?

It's not there either.



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Álvaro G. Vicario wrote:
> I ran the Windows installer in order to enable the MSSQL extension in
> our PHP/5.3.0 box and... it's not there!
>
> I've been reading the PHP manual, changelogs, bugs database, Google...
> and I still don't know whether the extension has been removed from
> PHP/5.3 or it's only missing from the binary build due to an error. To
> add more confusion, most sites where they talk about Windows development
> in PHP mention a SQL Server Driver for PHP written by Microsoft [1] but
> they don't explain whether it's an enhancement or the only alternative,
> or even what its API looks like.
>
> What happened to the MSSQL extension in PHP 5.3?
>
>
> [1]
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>
>

It's in the VC6 thread-safe non-installer version, anyway.

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Álvaro G. Vicario escribió:
> I ran the Windows installer in order to enable the MSSQL extension in
> our PHP/5.3.0 box and... it's not there!
>
> I've been reading the PHP manual, changelogs, bugs database, Google...
> and I still don't know whether the extension has been removed from
> PHP/5.3 or it's only missing from the binary build due to an error. To
> add more confusion, most sites where they talk about Windows development
> in PHP mention a SQL Server Driver for PHP written by Microsoft [1] but
> they don't explain whether it's an enhancement or the only alternative,
> or even what its API looks like.
>
> What happened to the MSSQL extension in PHP 5.3?
>
>
> [1]
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

My current findings so far:

- The php_mssql.dll file is back in 5.3.1, so it was probably an error
- The SQLSRV extension by Microsoft creates its own PHP functions; it's
not a "driver" like the PHP manual suggests
- The API documentation for SQLSRV is in a CHM manual contained in the
ZIP download
- SQLSRV is Windows-only
- SQLSRV seems to use ODBC internally

I guess my best option is asking the sysadmin to upgrade PHP. If I use
the Microsoft extension I'll end up with non portable code. But I'd
really love some confirmation about the status of the MSSQL extension.



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Álvaro G. Vicario schreef:
> Álvaro G. Vicario escribió:
>> I ran the Windows installer in order to enable the MSSQL extension in
>> our PHP/5.3.0 box and... it's not there!
>>
>> I've been reading the PHP manual, changelogs, bugs database, Google...
>> and I still don't know whether the extension has been removed from
>> PHP/5.3 or it's only missing from the binary build due to an error. To
>> add more confusion, most sites where they talk about Windows
>> development in PHP mention a SQL Server Driver for PHP written by
>> Microsoft [1] but they don't explain whether it's an enhancement or
>> the only alternative, or even what its API looks like.
>>
>> What happened to the MSSQL extension in PHP 5.3?
>>
>>
>> [1]
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
>
>
> My current findings so far:
>
> - The php_mssql.dll file is back in 5.3.1, so it was probably an error
> - The SQLSRV extension by Microsoft creates its own PHP functions; it's
> not a "driver" like the PHP manual suggests
> - The API documentation for SQLSRV is in a CHM manual contained in the
> ZIP download
> - SQLSRV is Windows-only
> - SQLSRV seems to use ODBC internally
>
> I guess my best option is asking the sysadmin to upgrade PHP. If I use
> the Microsoft extension I'll end up with non portable code. But I'd
> really love some confirmation about the status of the MSSQL extension.
>
>
>

Hey,

I haven't worked on MSSQL for some time, so maybe I am only making
noise, but have a look here:
http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2...HP-Driver.aspx

Maybe it s.

Regards,
Erwin Moller

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