Codeigniter 3 + php 5.6 + xampp + sqlserver 2008 + win7 64x - php

Question

So sorry if this exists, but I'm having trouble with codeigniter 3, php 5.6, sqlserver 2008 and win7 64x.
I followed the steps from various sites, such as Rob's Area, also read a couple of questions in this site but still can't find the answer.
With php_pdo_sqlsrv_56_ts.dll and php_sqlsrv_56_ts.dll from SQLSRV32.EXE the error I was getting was:
Unable to connect to your database server using the provided settings.
Filename: C:/xampp/htdocs/mycodeigniter/system/database/DB_driver.php
Line Number: 436
Then downloaded Rob's sqlsrv_unofficial_3.0.2.2.zip and got this error:
Message: Call to undefined function sqlsrv_connect()
Filename: sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php Line Number: 144
The code I have in Codeigniter is:
$db['default'] = array(
'dsn' => '',
'port' => '1433',
'hostname' => '127.0.0.1',
'username' => 'myuser',
'password' => 'mypass',
'database' => 'mydb',
'dbdriver' => 'sqlsrv',
'dbprefix' => '',
'pconnect' => TRUE,
'db_debug' => TRUE,
'cache_on' => FALSE,
'cachedir' => '',
'char_set' => 'utf8',
'dbcollat' => 'utf8_general_ci',
'swap_pre' => '',
'encrypt' => FALSE,
'compress' => FALSE,
'autoinit' => TRUE,
'stricton' => FALSE,
'failover' => array(),
'save_queries' => TRUE
Then used this one, this one worked, but can't call the results when querying.
$db['default'] = array(
'dsn' => 'Driver={SQL Server Native Client 10.0};Server=127.0.0.1;Database=mydb;',
'hostname' => '',
'username' => 'myuser',
'password' => 'mypass',
'database' => 'mydb',
'dbdriver' => 'sqlsrv',
'dbprefix' => '',
'pconnect' => FALSE,
'db_debug' => TRUE,
'cache_on' => FALSE,
'cachedir' => '',
'char_set' => 'utf8',
'dbcollat' => 'utf8_general_ci',
'swap_pre' => '',
'encrypt' => FALSE,
'compress' => FALSE,
'stricton' => FALSE,
'failover' => array(),
'save_queries' => TRUE
Please ideas?

Answer 1

Take the php_pdo_sqlsrv_56_ts.dll (afaik the current sqlsrv build should be ok, otherwise you've to take robs build)
After that try the following in your db-config
$db['default'] = array
(
'dsn' => 'sqlsrv:server=127.0.0.1,1433;Database=mydb',
'username' => 'myuser',
'password' => 'mypass',
'dbdriver' => 'pdo',
...
);
1433 is the current port - change it to your defined port - but i'm not sure if you need that