Question

I have Apache 2.2.16 and PHP 5.4.3 on a Linux Debian 6 x64.

To install the MSSQL Server’s Native ODBC Driver for Linux, I use the following instructions:
http://www.codesynthesis.com/~boris/blog/2011/12/02/microsoft-sql-server-odbc-driver-linux/

I configured my odbc.ini file this way:

[mydsn]
Driver      = SQL Server Native Client 11.0
Database    = datbase
Server      = xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx,port

and my odbcinst.ini this way:

[SQL Server Native Client 11.0]
Description=Microsoft SQL Server ODBC Driver V1.0 for Linux
Driver=/opt/microsoft/sqlncli/lib64/libsqlncli-11.0.so.1790.0
Threading=1
UsageCount=1

To test, I run the following command:

$ isql -v mydsn dbusername dbpassword

And I got success:

+---------------------------------------+
| Connected!                            |
|                                       |
| sql-statement                         |
| help [tablename]                      |
| quit                                  |
|                                       |
+---------------------------------------+
SQL>

Then, a use phpize to install unixODBC on PHP 5.4, using this:
(The first command, ln -s …, is used because ./configure can’t find the headers of php on the default location)

$ sudo ln -s /usr/include/php5 /usr/include/php
$ phpize
$ ./configure --with-pdo-odbc=unixODBC && make && make test
$ sudo make install

On my phpinfo() I get:

PDO support - enabled
PDO drivers - odbc

PDO Driver for ODBC (unixODBC) - enabled
ODBC Connection Pooling        - Enabled, strict matching

Now it’s time to test everything on a PHP 5.4 script:

<?php
    ini_set('display_errors', 1);
    error_reporting(E_ALL);

    $conn = new PDO('odbc:DSN=mydsn;UID='.$usr.';PWD='.$psw);

    $query = 'select * from my_table'; 
    $stmt = $conn->prepare($query);
    $stmt->execute();
    while ($row = $stmt->fetch()) {
        echo "<pre>";
        print_r($row);
        echo "</pre>";
    }
?>

But it doesn’t work… I got this error message:

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'PDOException' with message 'SQLSTATE[01000] SQLDriverConnect: 0 
[unixODBC][Driver Manager]Can't open lib '/opt/microsoft/sqlncli/lib64/libsqlncli-11.0.so.1790.0' : file not found' 
in /var/www/testemssql.php:17 
Stack trace: 
#0 /var/www/testemssql.php(17): PDO->__construct('odbc:DSN=mydsn...') 
#1 {main} thrown in /var/www/testemssql.php on line 17

So my question is: what is happen? What configuration I’m missing?
How to set up correctly the MSSQL Server’s Native ODBC Driver on Linux and PHP 5.4?

Ps.: When I try to use the odbc_connect() PHP says the function doesn’t exist.

Answer 1

MSSQL Server’s Native ODBC Driver for Linux has a bug on it

To connect MS SQL Server correctly, use FreeTDS
See more details in : PHP 5.4 on Linux: How to connect with MS SQL Server 2008?