How to connect to sql remote database from linux shared hosting - php

Question

I have an application developed in laravel that communicate with 2 databases, once is mysql it's in linux shared hosting. The another is sql and is in a remote server.
In localhost it's work well, I use sqlsrv driver to communicate with sql database but when I pass the project to shared hosting it can't connect with database, just with mysql database.
What I have to ask the hosting provider specifically?
This is my connections parameters:
'mysql' => [
'driver' => 'mysql',
'host' => env('DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
'port' => env('DB_PORT', '8889'),
'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'dbname'),
'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'user'),
'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', 'pass'),
'prefix' => '',
],
'sql' => [
'driver' => 'sqlsrv',
'host' => env('DB_HOST', 'remote_ip'),
'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'dbname'),
'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'user'),
'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', 'pass'),
'charset' => 'utf8',
'prefix' => '',
],

Answer 1

First you should have the php_sql_server driver installed on the server (as php_extension).
for more info read this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/php/microsoft-php-driver-for-sql-server and (the download files) https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20098
second, you should add the connection as a separate one in your env, like:
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=null
DB_DATABASE=GRH
DB_USERNAME=sa
DB_PASSWORD=sfsd42563
DB_HOST2=remote_ip
DB_DATABASE2=db_name
DB_USERNAME2=username
DB_PASSWORD2=password
adn on your config/database.php use as:
'mysql' => [
'driver' => 'mysql',
'host' => env('DB_HOST', 'localhost'),
'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'forge'),
'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'forge'),
'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
'charset' => 'utf8',
'collation' => 'utf8_unicode_ci',
'prefix' => '',
'strict' => false,
],
'sqlsrv' => [
'sqlsrv_Org' => [
'driver' => 'sqlsrv',
'host' => env('DB_HOST'),
'port' => null,//sqlsrv no port
'database' => env('DB_DATABASE2'),
'username' => env('DB_USERNAME2'),
'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD2'),
'charset' => 'utf8',
'prefix' => '',
],