php_mssql.dll support for php version greater >= 5.3

Question

PHP has removed support for php_mssql.dll support for versions starting with 5.3. For that reason I have been using version 5.2 till now. But ionCube which converts PHP application into binary format, has also removed support for VC6.

So, I have move to PHP version which is greater than 5.2, since it does not support VC9. But version greater than 5.3 does not have php_mssql.dll, which means I will have to convert all the mssql_ calls to sqlsrv_.

But that is not feasible. Is there a way to be able to use php_mssql.dll with PHP 5.3 (VC9 compiled)?

Thanks

Answer 1

The MSSQL lib for PHP >= 5.3 is included in the php5-sybase package.

An even better approach would be to use Microsoft's PHP API to connect. If you install their package, it will give you a .dll file similiar to php_sqlsrvXX.dll.

See the following links:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/mt683517.aspx

https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/dn865013.aspx

https://github.com/azure/msphpsql

Personally I suggest you to upgrade to PHP 5.6 and use the Microsoft SQL driver in combination with PDO.