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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June 20, 2011 at 7:59 pm
error on this line
$selected = mssql_select_db($myDB, $dbhandle)
or die(“Couldn’t open database $myDB”);
June 20, 2011 at 9:12 pm
can you show me the whole code?
January 9, 2009 at 7:23 am
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.”
October 1, 2010 at 10:30 am
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
January 7, 2011 at 4:47 pm
i am using dream viewer how can i configure the ini file? in connecting process of 2008 sql server in php
February 24, 2011 at 10:56 pm
you need to enable the mssql extension
January 7, 2011 at 4:52 pm
now im using dreamviewer
how can i configure the ini file(ntwdblib.dll)?pl help me im waiting for valuable reply…..
February 24, 2011 at 10:56 pm
download the file and copy it to the extension directory in php directory
open the php.ini file to locate your extension directory
March 18, 2011 at 4:07 pm
thank you very much for your article.
Its very useful article for the beginner, those who are trying to connect mssql via php
April 13, 2011 at 6:43 pm
most welcome jack
June 14, 2011 at 5:48 am
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
June 19, 2011 at 6:26 pm
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
June 20, 2011 at 9:12 pm
you can send me your code to sachin@avidindiainc.com
let me see what is wrong that you are doing
October 7, 2011 at 10:23 am
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,
March 14, 2012 at 7:48 pm
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
August 1, 2012 at 12:30 pm
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…
August 9, 2012 at 1:46 pm
Warning: mssql_connect() [function.mssql-connect]: message: Login failed for user ‘NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON’. (severity 14)
September 13, 2012 at 9:36 pm
[...] 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. [...]
October 20, 2012 at 1:01 pm
Good Tutotial ….
But one thing missing there is that !
DOWNLOAD The Latest dll(php_mssql.dll, ntwdblib.dll) files according to your PHP version……