HI Techies!
I was using dblib PDO driver to connect to MS-SQL on Ubuntu.
Everything was working fine.
When I deployed my code on stage server, environment was different.
Stage server is running on Red Hat and dblib driver is not installed over there.
Can anyone please tell me how to install dblib PDO driver for PHP on Red Hat?
Many Thanks.
It looks like PDO_DBLIB is a PECL package. You should just need to install that package. This will require some development bundles and the relevant libraries, as well as a compiler.
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I was struggling to connect my Drupal (7.43) application (hosted on a PHP 5.4 server) to a Microsoft Azure SQL database.
I got really depressed and even found myself arguing with my company's DBA for why did you install this database on the newest version of SQL Server?.
Edited:
The reason why I asked that was because of Microsoft official documentation which says one should not connect to newer versions of SQL Servers if PHP server version is under 7.*.
System Requirements for the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/php/system-requirements-for-the-php-sql-driver?view=sql-server-ver15#driver-versions
According to this article, if PHP server version is 5.4, the official MS driver for such php server is 3.2 version. Therefore, if the SQL Server driver is 3.2, it should not connect to SQL Server version higher than 2014.
TL; DR;
I used FreeTDS to connect 5.4 PHP application to Azure SQL Server! Yaay
FreeTDS is re-implementation of C libraries originally marketed by Sybase and Microsoft SQL Server. It allows many open source applications such as Perl and PHP (or your own C or C++ program) to connect to Sybase or Microsoft SQL Server.
My operational system is CentOS 7.
I installed basic yum packages for http server and php database connection.
yum install httpd httpd-tools php php-common php-cli php-odbc php-pdo unixODBC unixODBC-devel
So far I understand:
PDO stands for PHP Data Objects.
ODBC stands for Open Database Connectivity -- which is a standard application programming interface for accessing database management systems.
Alright, I then installed FreeTDS:
yum install epel-release
yum check-update
yum install freetds freetds-devel
Then I had /etc/freetds.conf:
[MYCLIENT]
host = myclient.database.edtech.com
port = 6669
tds version = 8.0 # Btw, how important is this version for old PHP servers versus new SQL servers?
I also had /etc/odbcinst.ini
[FreeTDS]
Driver = /lib64/libtdsodbc.so.0
FileUsage = 1
Furthermore, I had /etc/odbc.ini:
[MSSQLServer]
Driver = FreeTDS # Yes, ODBC will use FreeTDS, I get it.
Description = MSSQL Server
Trace = Yes
Server = myclient.database.edtech.com
Port = 6669
TDS_Version = 7.1 # Shouldn't this be same as the version in /etc/freetds.conf?
Database = ApplicationDB
Conclusions
I hope this question helps others.
FreeTDS is a different driver
than Microsoft's.
PHP does not know about FreeTDS not FreeTDS knows
about PHP version.
As far as I understood from the answers, there is
a ODBC bridge/layer in between them.
Better use the newest FreeTDS
version to make sure the connection works.
You said
The reason why I asked that was because of Microsoft official documentation which says I cannot connect to newer versions of SQL Server if my PHP version is below 7.*.
and
Is this php 5.4 connection really supposed to work with newest SQL
Server despite the official Microsoft docs say it should not?
...but actually, the Microsoft documentation you're talking about doesn't say you can't connect to SQL Server from PHP 5.4.
They said you can't (or at least you are not supported to) do that by using the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server - which is the specific product that documentation is talking about.
FreeTDS is a different driver. By replacing the driver, you've replaced the thing which Microsoft is saying you shouldn't use. AFAIK Microsoft have no involvement with FreeTDS, so what they support, and what their driver works with, is entirely up to them.
I am running a Linux server that already has freetds installed, but is not configured to support dblib. Only sqlite and mysql are currently supported for PDO. MSSQL support is also enabled.
If I want to add support for dblib and enable the PDO Driver for FreeTDS/Sybase DB-lib, do I just need to run this command on the existing install:
./configure --with-pdo-dblib
If so, from which directory would I run the command?
Environment:
PHP Version 5.5.38
CENTOS 6.9
Thank you
If you have configured FreeTDS correctly, you should be able to connect like so:
$pdo = new PDO("dblib:host=mssql;dbname=$dbname", "$dbuser","$dbpwd");
If you can't, this answer gives more explicit instructions: Connect PHP to MSSQL via PDO ODBC
pdo_dblib is typically installed in most Linux distros when you install php-mssql (on CentOS and Ubuntu, for example). If the connect command isn't working, please rewrite your question to include the specific steps you have taken and the error output. Good luck!
Since writing this question, the support team at the company that is hosting this server installed the driver. I don't know exactly what steps they took to do it so I can not post a step by step answer as I would like. Closing this question.
I'm trying to connect a new project CakePHP v3 installed in a common LAMP on Ubuntu Server and the DataBase is a MSSQL 2008. I've tried to install the library php5-mssql but nothing changes. Any idea?
The error message received is:
CakePHP is NOT able to connect to the DataBase.
DataBase driver Cake\Database\Driver\Sqlserver cannot be used due to a missing PHP extension or unmet dependency
Thanks!
CakePHP does not have an ODBC driver at this time. You can connect to MSSQL servers using the SQLServer driver from a Windows server, but this issue (https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/issues/6990 ) just keeps getting bumped.
Since Cake3 uses PDO drivers to connect SQL Server (from Linux), you should try to install Microsoft ODBC Driver for Linux, see
http://onefinepub.com/2013/03/ms-sql-odbc-ubuntu/
it may helps
I have installed the VM using the instructions here and have successfully setup and Oracle DB and a Joomla! test site.
I have connected to the oracle db with PHP using oci_connect. Now I'm trying to do the same using the Joomla! site but have run into a problem where PDO cannot find driver.
I believe I need to install the pdo_oci driver but have no idea how to do it or even where to get it from. I'm also surprised it is not preinstalled in the VM.
Can anyone point me in the direction of a 'How to' for installing the driver please?
Thanks!
I am new to Symfony and would like to try it, but I can't seem to find out what the deal is with this "POD Driver" is and how to install it. I am running Ubuntu Server 12.04.
I think you mean PDO driver? This a generic layer for database connections and should be already installed with the specific database driver.
for mysql it's installed with the php5-mysql package.