How to connect MSSQL with php

Please follow the steps given below to connect MSSQL with php:

1. Settings related to your php.ini file:

a) search the variable mssql.secure_connection in your php.ini file and put it to on mode if its off
b) remove comment from the dll extention php_mssql.dll (i.e. remove the ; from the front of the extention )

2. Settings related to the dll files.

download a file name ntwdblib.dll from the internet. you can download it from here or can search on internet for that. copy the downloaded dll to the apache/bin directory and for IIS copy it to the php extention directory (if path not known can be found in php.ini for variable extension_dir)

also you need to have your php_mssql.dll in your php extension directory. if its not present please download it and copy it to the default php extension directory.

3. restart all your services (i.e. php and apache or iis) and you can use the script given below to connect to your SQL Server.

<?php
//mssql.secure_connection = On
// Need to upload ntwdblib.dll from net

$myServer = “DVLP066\SQLEXPRESS”; // host/instance_name
$myUser = “sa”; // username
$myPass = “sadvlp066″; // paasword
$myDB = “myfraiche”; // database name

// connection to the database
$dbhandle = mssql_connect($myServer, $myUser, $myPass)
or die(“Couldn’t connect to SQL Server on $myServer”);

// select a database to work with
$selected = mssql_select_db($myDB, $dbhandle)
or die(“Couldn’t open database $myDB”);

echo “You are connected to the ” . $myDB . ” database on the ” . $myServer . “.”;

$query = “SELECT top 10 * FROM tbl_customers”; // your database query
$result = mssql_query($query);
while($row = mssql_fetch_assoc($result))
{
print_r($row);
}
// close the connection
mssql_close($dbhandle);
?>

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20 Responses to “How to connect MSSQL with php”

  1. PHP-г MSSQL-тэй холбох « Xocoo’s Weblog Says:

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  2. Bandish Says:

    thank you for this article

    Now I am able to connect remote ms-sql server to post and retrive data.

    but the problem is after these 3 steps i am not able to open localhost/phpmyadmin

    I am using ubuntu 8 as OS
    netbeans 6.5 as ide for php
    and xampp for linux

    i get following error message

    1 starting xampp: “root@bandish-desktop:/home/bandish# /opt/lampp/lampp start
    Starting XAMPP for Linux 1.6.8a…
    PHP Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library ‘/opt/lampp/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613/php_mssql.dll’ – /opt/lampp/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20060613/php_mssql.dll: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory in Unknown on line 0
    XAMPP: Starting Apache with SSL (and PHP5)…
    XAMPP: Starting MySQL…
    XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD…
    XAMPP for Linux started.

    2. while opening localhost: ” Existing configuration file (./config.inc.php) is not readable.”

  3. mohit soni Says:

    hi,
    i have installed SQL Server 2000 on windows server 2008.
    i have also installed php with apache on the same server but still i find it difficult to connect php with sql server.

    I am new to php, please help me….

    regards,
    mohit

  4. samy Says:

    i am using dream viewer how can i configure the ini file? in connecting process of 2008 sql server in php

  5. samy Says:

    now im using dreamviewer
    how can i configure the ini file(ntwdblib.dll)?pl help me im waiting for valuable reply…..

  6. jacksanto Says:

    thank you very much for your article.

    Its very useful article for the beginner, those who are trying to connect mssql via php

  7. John Clarke Says:

    Thank you for an excellent article.

    I followed your instructions and connected first time to Windows NT Server 2003 from Windows XP running XAMPP !!

    XAMPP for windows installs ntwdblib.dll and php_mssql.dll in the right directories if you use the windows installer version of XAMPP, but if you use the ZIP file to install XAMPP they are not included and you have to manually put ntwdblib.dll into \xampp\apache\bin and manually put php_mssql.dll into \xampp\php\ext.

    I used versions that I had previously got with XAMPP when I used the windows installer version of XAMPP.

    John

  8. Jimmy Says:

    Hey plz reply ive tried everything but I keep getting the same error

    :Fatal error: Call to undefined function mssql_connect() in C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\try.php on line 7

    • samsami2u Says:

      you can send me your code to sachin@avidindiainc.com
      let me see what is wrong that you are doing

      • Mike Says:

        Hi,
        I have try following code but get same error.

        “Fatal error: Call to undefined function mssql_connect() in C:\wamp\www\rnd\conn.php ”

        ?php
        //mssql.secure_connection = On
        // Need to upload ntwdblib.dll from net

        $myServer = “MYSERVER\SQLEXPRESS”; // host/instance_name
        $myUser = “sa”; // username
        $myPass = “password”; // paasword
        $myDB = “db-live”; // database name

        // connection to the database
        $dbhandle = mssql_connect($myServer, $myUser, $myPass)
        or die(“Couldn’t connect to SQL Server on $myServer”);

        // select a database to work with
        // $selected = mssql_select_db($myDB, $dbhandle)
        // or die(“Couldn’t open database $myDB”);
        //
        //echo “You are connected to the ” . $myDB . ” database on the ” . $myServer . “.”;
        //
        //$query = “SELECT top 10 * FROM tbl_customers”; // your database query
        // $result = mssql_query($query);
        // while($row = mssql_fetch_assoc($result))
        // {
        // print_r($row);
        // }
        // close the connection
        mssql_close($dbhandle);
        ?>

        Thanks,

  9. Sunny Says:

    Fatal error: Call to undefined function mssql_connect() in C:\wamp\www\test\sql server\index.php on line 11

    This is Error Occurring when trying to connect MSSQL 2000

  10. Simon Foong Says:

    why i follow all the step then also failed.

    i get nothing when i run the files in internet explore and firefox.

    plase help me…

  11. bagaa Says:

    Warning: mssql_connect() [function.mssql-connect]: message: Login failed for user ‘NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON’. (severity 14)

  12. Php with MSSql | Jisku.com - Developers Network Says:

    [...] THIS is one of the tutorials I found and read. The thing is when I search for the text under php.ini I dont find the php_mssql.dll and no idea why this is. Am I missing something. [...]

  13. Radhe Says:

    Good Tutotial ….

    But one thing missing there is that !

    DOWNLOAD The Latest dll(php_mssql.dll, ntwdblib.dll) files according to your PHP version……


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