install Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server on Windows 8

Question

Does Windows 8 supports sql server driver for php. I found that system Requirements for sql Driver does not contain Windows 8. I installed and configured sql driver for php on wamp server, but sqlsrv doesn't show in phpinfo() .

Answer 1

It's working fine for me on windows 8, if you don't activate the good extension in php.ini, by default (int XAMP) the slqsrv extension is selected extension=php_pdo_sqlsrv.dll , in my case, I am using PHP 5.4 and have configured the following extension:

extension=php_pdo_sqlsrv_54_ts.dll

See Readme file provided with the installation drivers to see which extension to activate in your case.

Restart the server and it's done.