mssql_connect show blank page - php

Question

i'm new in sql server, i just wanted to connect sql server express edition 2012 with php using iis 7 on windows 7 machine.
here is my code :
$myServer = "ASUS\SQLEXPRESS";
$myUser = "sa";
$myPass = "1991";
$myDB = "test";
echo("aaaa");
//connection to the database
$dbhandle = mssql_connect($myServer, $myUser, $myPass);
echo("bbbb");
//select a database to work with
$selected = mssql_select_db($myDB, $dbhandle)
or die("Couldn't open database $myDB");
//declare the SQL statement that will query the database
$query = "SELECT *FROM mhs";
//execute the SQL query and return records
$result = mssql_query($query);
$numRows = mssql_num_rows($result);
echo "<h1>" . $numRows . " Row" . ($numRows == 1 ? "" : "s") . " Returned </h1>";
//display the results
while($row = mssql_fetch_array($result))
{
echo "<li>" . $row["nim"] . $row["nama"] . "</li>";
}
//close the connection
mssql_close($dbhandle);
my php code running on local iis, i think username, password and servername is correct but when i execution it on local iis, it not show any errors, just 'aaaa' and 'bbbb' not showed.
i think i was wrong in mssql_connect but whats wrong? can anybody help me?
thanks.

Answer 1

I'm not sure, but Newer version of SQL severs doesn't compatible with mssql . You should go with the update SQLSRV (PHP.NET) OR SQLSRV (Microsoft Site) . I faced same problems with MSSQL and in the end moved to SQLSRV. Now it works fine.

Answer 2

change your code to whats written below so you can catch the error.
$dbhandle = mssql_connect($myServer, $myUser, $myPass) or die(mssql_error());

Answer 3

Please follow the steps given below to connect MSSQL with php:
Settings related to your php.ini file:
a) search the variable mssql.secure_connection in your php.ini file and put it to on mode if its off
b) remove comment from the dll extention php_mssql.dll (i.e. remove the ; from the front of the extention )
Settings related to the dll files. Download a file name ntwdblib.dll from the internet. you can download it from here or can search on internet for that. copy the downloaded dll to the apache/bin directory and for IIS copy it to the php extention directory (if path not known can be found in php.ini for variable extension_dir) also you need to have your php_mssql.dll in your php extension directory. if its not present please download it and copy it to the default php extension directory.
restart all your services (i.e. php and apache or iis) and you can use the script given below to connect to your SQL Server.