Installation

Version 2.0 of the SQL Server Driver for PHP installs several versions of the driver:

Driver file	PHP version	Thread safe?	Use with PHP .dll
php_sqlsrv_53_nts_vc6.dll php_pdo_sqlsrv_53_nts_vc6.dll	5.3	no	php5.dll
php_sqlsrv_53_nts_vc9.dll php_pdo_sqlsrv_53_nts_vc9.dll	5.3	no	php5.dll
php_sqlsrv_53_ts_vc6.dll php_pdo_sqlsrv_53_ts_vc6.dll	5.3	yes	php5ts.dll
php_sqlsrv_53_ts_vc9.dll php_pdo_sqlsrv_53_ts_vc9.dll	5.3	yes	php5ts.dll
php_sqlsrv_52_nts.dll php_pdo_sqlsrv_52_nts.dll	5.2	no	php5.dll
php_sqlsrv_52_ts.dll php_pdo_sqlsrv_52_ts.dll	5.2	yes	php5ts.dll

If the name of the driver file contains "vc9", it should be used with a PHP version compiled with Visual C++ 9.0.

Follow the installation instructions in the "Loading the SQL Server Driver for PHP" topic in the documentation to configure the driver for use with the PHP runtime.

Support

Documentation for this release ships both in a CHM file in the same directory as this readme file, and on the MSDN website (search for SQL Server Driver for PHP Documentation).

The documentation also contains support information (see the Support Resources topic).

For information about supported operating systems, see System Requirements in the documentation.

Source Code Availability

The source code for the SQL Server Driver for PHP is available here.

Note:
Only the version of the driver released by Microsoft is supported by Microsoft Customer Service and Support.