PHP Cannot connect to PDO ODBC Driver - php

Question

My php cannot find my odbc driver. I've downloaded and re-installed multiple times. Can anyone help me with this error:
QLSTATE[IM002] SQLDriverConnect: 0 [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data
source name not found and no default driver specified"
Here is my php code:
$dbName = "C:\Users\David\Documents\SCHOOLNEW\Assignment5-PROG1800\database\as4.mdb";
if (!file_exists($dbName))
{
die("Could not find database file.");
}
try
{
// Connect
$dbh = new PDO("odbc:Driver={Microsoft Access Driver(*.mdb, *.accdb)};Dbq=C:\Users\David\Documents\SCHOOLNEW\Assignment5-PROG1800\database\as4.mdb;Uid=Admin");
// INSERT data
$count = $dbh->exec("INSERT INTO part(vendorNo,description,onHand,onOrder,cost,listPrice) VALUES ('$vendorNo', '$desc', '$onHand', '$onOrder', '$cost', '$listPrice')");
// echo the number of affected rows
echo $count;
// close the database connection
$dbh = null;
}
catch(PDOException $e)
{
echo $e->getMessage();
}
I'm running php with apache on xampp. This all on a local machine. My system is 64 bits. I'm not sure if it has something to do with the system and drive types or my syntax or certain drivers I need to install. I just want to insert data from my form into the database on my computer.

Answer 1

Driver={Microsoft Access Driver(*.mdb, *.accdb)}
is not a valid ODBC driver name because it is missing a space. The correct name for the newer "ACE" ODBC driver is
Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb)}
However, in this case PHP is running in the 32-bit environment and trying to open an .mdb database so the older "Jet" ODBC driver ...
Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)}
... will work, too.

Answer 2

Can you place the path after escaping the slashes and then try:-
$dbName = "C:\\Users\\David\\Documents\\SCHOOLNEW\\Assignment5-PROG1800\\database\\as4.mdb";
Escape the slashes in all the paths you have provided in the code and then try.