SQL-Server Select returning null on PHP - php

Question

I have a query that returns all the data while running at MSSQL, but when I try to get the result with php code it returns null
SELECT:
$query = "SELECT DISTINCT (E080SER.desser) as desser,
E080SER.CODFAM codfam, e085cli.apecli apecli,
E085CLI.CODCLI codcli, E085CLI.NOMCLI nomeCli
FROM
E160CTR,
E160CVS, e080ser,
E085CLI,
E070EMP,
E070FIL
WHERE
e070emp.nomemp like '%Gestão tech%' and
e080ser.codser = e160cvs.codser and
e080ser.codser like ('%manw%') and (E160CTR.CODEMP = 1) and
((E160CTR.CODEMP = E070FIL.CODEMP) AND (E160CTR.CODFIL =
E070FIL.CODFIL) AND
(E160CTR.CODCLI = E085CLI.CODCLI) AND (E160CVS.CODEMP =
E160CTR.CODEMP) AND
(E160CVS.CODFIL = E160CTR.CODFIL) AND (E160CVS.NUMCTR =
E160CTR.NUMCTR)) AND
(E160CTR.SITCTR = 'A') and e080ser.sitser = 'a' and
E080SER.CODEMP IN (1, 9)
order by e080ser.desser";
PHP CODE:
$sql = sqlsrv_query($conn, $query);
while($item = sqlsrv_fetch_array($sql)){
var_dump($item);
}

Answer 1

Sometimes it's necessary to fetch all result sets with sqlsrv_next_result() to get your data. You may try with this:
<?php
...
$sql = sqlsrv_query($conn, $query);
do {
while($item = sqlsrv_fetch_array($sql)){
var_dump($item);
}
} while (sqlsrv_next_result($sql));
...
?>

Answer 2

There is an extra semicolon after the while loop, i.e. the body of the loop is empty. Then the result you try to read is after the last row, that's why you don't get what you expected.

Answer 3

I've found the problem
The problem was the encoding, I put the $query inside of utf8_encode(), and now it is returning the results.
Thank you all for your time.