Is Ubuntu 21.04 compatible with PHP sqlsrv driver? - php

Question

I have a web system developed with PHP + MS Sql Server and I do maintenance on Windows environment. But I prefer working in Linux environment, Ubuntu to be more accurate.
But I cannot find a way to install this database driver. I googled but I cannot find any solution. Some tutorials shows how to install in 20.04, 18.04 versions, but even following the steps to the letter, I could no install.
Some tutorials that did not worked.
How to Install the PHP SQLSRV Extension
Linux and macOS Installation Tutorial for the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server
Any suggestions?

Answer 1

It seems, at least today, that msodbcsql17 mssql-tools are not available in the Ubuntu 21.04 repos...
$ curl -s https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/21.04/prod.list
deb [arch=amd64,armhf,arm64] https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/21.04/prod hirsute main
$ curl -s https://packages.microsoft.com/ubuntu/21.04/prod/dists/hirsute/Contents-amd64.gz | gzip -d | grep -E "msodbcsql|mssql"
# No output.
As a result you'll get errors when you try to install them via apt-get:
$ curl -s https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo bash -c "curl -s https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/21.04/prod.list > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mssql-release.list"
$ sudo apt-get update --yes
# ...
$ sudo ACCEPT_EULA=Y apt-get --verbose-versions --yes install msodbcsql17 mssql-tools
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package msodbcsql17
E: Unable to locate package mssql-tools

Answer 2

Update
I have written a bash script to automatically install the appropriate drivers for Ubuntu or Debian: https://github.com/sfinktah/bash/blob/master/add_sqlsrv_repo_combined.sh
I couldn't test support for other Linux vendors, but the capability is there if someone wants to send a PR.
Original Post
21.04 drivers are now available.
Follow the instructions on
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/php/installation-tutorial-linux-mac?view=sql-server-ver15 and https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server?view=sql-server-ver15#ubuntu17
Or as above:
sudo su
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc | apt-key add -
#Download appropriate package for the OS version
#Choose only ONE of the following, corresponding to your OS version
# Automatic version selection (does not work for 21.10, but 20.10 or 21.04 are fine)
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/$(lsb_release -r -s)/prod.list > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mssql-release.list
# Manual specification: Ubuntu 21.04
curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/21.04/prod.list > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mssql-release.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo ACCEPT_EULA=Y apt-get install -y msodbcsql17
# optional: for bcp and sqlcmd
sudo ACCEPT_EULA=Y apt-get install -y mssql-tools
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:/opt/mssql-tools/bin"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
# optional: for unixODBC development headers
sudo apt-get install -y unixodbc-dev