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The Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server are PHP extensions that allow for the reading and writing of SQL Server data from within PHP scripts. The SQLSRV extension provides a procedural interface while the PDO_SQLSRV extension implements PDO for accessing data in all editions of SQL Server 2008 R2 and later.

Files

Status: Deleted This download is no longer available on microsoft.com. The downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to April 2023.

Files
SQLSRV561.EXE SHA1: 675a2fb4b417a8783c4b76f41b497424cf1e53f8 Size: 1.03 MB

File sizes and hashes are retrieved from the Wayback Machine’s indexes. They may not match the latest versions of files hosted on Microsoft servers.

Mac and Linux operating systems supported in this release:

Requires PHP 7.0, 7.1 or 7.2. For information about how to download and install the latest stable binaries, visit http://windows.php.net for more detail.
For more detail and for supported operating systems, see System Requirements for the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server.

Perform the following steps to download and install the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server:
1. Download SQLSRV56.EXE to a temporary directory
2. Run SQLSRV56.EXE
3. When prompted, enter the path to the PHP extensions directory
4. After extracting the files, read the Installation section of the SQLSRV_Readme.htm file for next steps

For Linux, follow the instructions at PHP Linux and Mac Drivers Installation Tutorial

Additional information

Community Support: SQL Server PHP Driver forum
Submit Feedback: SQL Server Feedback
Documentation: Microsoft Online Documentation.
Team Blog: Browse our blog for comments from the team in the PHP Team Blog.