change Mysqli to sqlsrv - php

Question

I am new to PHP and need to modify some code in order to compile with my Microsoft SQL Server. The original code is like this. I downloaded it from usercake
<?php
/*
UserCake Version: 2.0.2
http://usercake.com
*/
//Database Information
$db_host = "localhost"; //Host address (most likely localhost)
$db_name = "202"; //Name of Database
$db_user = "202"; //Name of database user
$db_pass = "password"; //Password for database user
$db_table_prefix = "uc_";
GLOBAL $errors;
GLOBAL $successes;
$errors = array();
$successes = array();
/* Create a new mysqli object with database connection parameters */
$mysqli = new mysqli($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_name);
GLOBAL $mysqli;
if(mysqli_connect_errno()) {
echo "Connection Failed: " . mysqli_connect_errno();
exit();
}
//Direct to install directory, if it exists
if(is_dir("install/"))
{
header("Location: install/");
die();
}
?>
I already installed sqlsrv and tested the link. It works with my database. Then I changed the code to this:
<?php
//Database Information
$server = "servername";
$connectionInfo = array("Database"=>"databasename","UID"=>"xxxxxx", "PWD"=>"xxxxxx" );
$db_table_prefix = "uc_";
GLOBAL $errors;
GLOBAL $successes;
$errors = array();
$successes = array();
/* Create a new sqlsrv object with database connection parameters */
$mssqlsrv = new sqlsrv($server, $connectionInfo);
GLOBAL $mssqlsrv;
if(sqlsrv_connect_errno()) {
echo "Connection Failed: " . sqlsrv_connect_errno();
exit();
}
//Direct to install directory, if it exists
if(is_dir("install/"))
{
header("Location: install/");
die();
}
?>
I get the following error message:
Fatal error: Class 'mssql' not found in
I think this line is the problem:
$mssqlsrv = new sqlsrv($server, $connectionInfo);
But I do not know how to fix this.

Answer 1

I would use PDO in this case: http://www.php.net/manual/en/pdo.construct.php
You can create a DSN connection to SQL Server
$dsn = "sqlsrv:Server=servername;Database=databasename"
$user = 'dbuser';
$password = 'dbpass';
try {
$dbh = new PDO($dsn, $user, $password);
} catch (PDOException $e) {
echo 'Connection failed: ' . $e->getMessage();
}
The information to connect to SQL server is available here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.pdo-sqlsrv.connection.php