To access data in a SQL Server 2005 or later database using the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server, you must have the following components installed on your computer:

• Supported operating systems for version 3.0 of the driver include:

  • Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

    Windows Vista SP2

    Windows Server 2008 SP2

    Windows 7 SP1

• Supported operating systems for version 2.0 of the driver include:

  • Supported operating systems for version 2.0 of the driver include:

  • Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1

  • Windows XP Service Pack 3

  • Windows Vista Service Pack 1 or later

  • Windows Server 2008

  • Windows Server 2008 R2

  • Windows 7

• PHP 5. For information about how to download and install the latest stable binaries, visit http://php.net.

  Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server, version 3.0 requires PHP 5.3.0 or later. If possible, use PHP 5.3.6, or later. The version 2.0 driver works with PHP 5.2.4 or later, but not with PHP 5.4. If possible, use PHP 5.2.13, or later.

• A version of the driver file must be in your PHP extension directory. See Driver Versions later in this topic for information about the different driver files. See Loading the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server for information on configuring the driver for the PHP runtime.

  (See The Data Center for the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server for information on where to download the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server.)

• A Web server. Your Web server must be configured to run PHP. For information about hosting PHP applications with Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0, see Using FastCGI to Host PHP Applications on IIS 6.0. For information about hosting PHP applications with IIS 7.0, see Using FastCGI to Host PHP Applications on IIS 7.0.

  The Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server has been tested using IIS 6 and IIS 7 with FastCGI.

• The x86 version of SQL Server Native Client is required on the computer where PHP is running. If you are using a 64-bit operating system, the x86 version of SQL Server Native Client will be installed with the x64 version of SQL Server Native Client (do not install the x86 version of SQL Server Native Client on an x64 operating system).

  If you are using the SQLSRV driver, sqlsrv_client_info will return information about which version of SQL Server Native Client is being used by the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server. If you are using the PDO_SQLSRV driver, you can use PDO::getAttribute to discover the version.

  • Version 3.0 of the driver requires Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native Client. You can download Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native Client from the SQL Server 2012 feature pack page.

  • Version 2.0 of the driver requires Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Native Client. Click on the appropriate link below:

    Download the X86 package

    Download the X64 package

This section lists the drivers that are installed for version 2.0 and version 3.0 of the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server. PHP version 5.2 is not supported in version 3.0 of the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server.

Follow the installation instructions in Loading the Driver to configure the driver for use with the PHP runtime.

Microsoft Drivers 2.0 for PHP for SQL Server installs several versions of the driver:

If the name of the driver file contains "vc9", it should be used with a PHP version compiled with Visual C++ 9.0.

Microsoft Drivers 3.0 for PHP for SQL Server installs several versions of the driver:

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