In order to connect using Windows Authentication (on Windows) for Wamp/Xamp installations you should verify that the apache service is running under a user who can connect to SQL Server and not under a local user.
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sqlsrv_connect — Opens a connection to a Microsoft SQL Server database
$serverName
[, array $connectionInfo
] )Opens a connection to a Microsoft SQL Server database. By default, the connection is attempted using Windows Authentication. To connect using SQL Server Authentication, include "UID" and "PWD" in the connection options array.
serverNameThe name of the server to which a connection is established. To connect to a specific instance, follow the server name with a backward slash and the instance name (e.g. serverName\sqlexpress).
connectionInfoAn associative array that specifies options for connecting to the server. If values for the UID and PWD keys are not specified, the connection will be attempted using Windows Authentication. For a complete list of supported keys, see » SQLSRV Connection Options.
A connection resource. If a connection cannot be successfully opened, FALSE is returned.
Example #1 Connect using Windows Authentication.
<?php
$serverName = "serverName\sqlexpress"; //serverName\instanceName
// Since UID and PWD are not specified in the $connectionInfo array,
// The connection will be attempted using Windows Authentication.
$connectionInfo = array( "Database"=>"dbName");
$conn = sqlsrv_connect( $serverName, $connectionInfo);
if( $conn ) {
echo "Connection established.<br />";
}else{
echo "Connection could not be established.<br />";
die( print_r( sqlsrv_errors(), true));
}
?>
Example #2 Connect by specifying a user name and password.
<?php
$serverName = "serverName\sqlexpress"; //serverName\instanceName
$connectionInfo = array( "Database"=>"dbName", "UID"=>"userName", "PWD"=>"password");
$conn = sqlsrv_connect( $serverName, $connectionInfo);
if( $conn ) {
echo "Connection established.<br />";
}else{
echo "Connection could not be established.<br />";
die( print_r( sqlsrv_errors(), true));
}
?>
Example #3 Connect on a specifed port.
<?php
$serverName = "serverName\sqlexpress, 1542"; //serverName\instanceName, portNumber (default is 1433)
$connectionInfo = array( "Database"=>"dbName", "UID"=>"userName", "PWD"=>"password");
$conn = sqlsrv_connect( $serverName, $connectionInfo);
if( $conn ) {
echo "Connection established.<br />";
}else{
echo "Connection could not be established.<br />";
die( print_r( sqlsrv_errors(), true));
}
?>
By default, the sqlsrv_connect() uses connection pooling to
improve connection performance. To turn off connection pooling (i.e. force a
new connection on each call), set the "ConnectionPooling" option in the
$connectionOptions array to 0 (or FALSE). For more information, see
» SQLSRV Connection Pooling.
The SQLSRV extension does not have a dedicated function for changing which database is connected to. The target database is specified in the $connectionOptions array that is passed to sqlsrv_connect. To change the database on an open connection, execute the following query "USE dbName" (e.g. sqlsrv_query($conn, "USE dbName")).
In order to connect using Windows Authentication (on Windows) for Wamp/Xamp installations you should verify that the apache service is running under a user who can connect to SQL Server and not under a local user.
As mentioned at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc296193.aspx the connection will convert some data into PHP data types. Of particular difference to other database functions in PHP is that dates will be output as objects instead of strings.
To make the sqlsrv_fetch_{array|object}() functions return dates/times/datetimes as strings instead, specify:
'ReturnDatesAsStrings' => true
in the $connectionInfo array.
For more info about this behaviour, see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee376928.aspx
In fact, you don't need to inform the instance name in some cases.
When I inform my the instance name of my database server, it's throws an error:
<?php
//...
$serverName = "192.168.0.11\SVDCBD01";
//...
?>
Throws:
[Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 10.0]SQL Server Network Interfaces: Error Locating Server/Instance Specified [xFFFFFFFF].
And this works as well:
<?php
//...
$serverName = "192.168.0.11";
//...
?>