PHP 5.6 and SQL Server 2000

Question

Is it possible to integrate PHP 5.6 to SQL Server 2000 Or should I downgrade to PHP 4.x to do this?

I cannot update the server version nor can I convert the database to MySQL.

Answer 1

I've managed to connect PHP 5.6 and SQL Server 2000. In Ubuntu, I used mssql functions and unixodbc drivers. In Windows, I used the SQL Server driver and odbc functions. And I could only use native PHP for it. (I tried with CI but it doesn't have the right config for it)

Here's the connection code for Windows:

$conn = odbc_connect("Driver={SQL Server};Server=".$server.";Database=".$database.";", $user, $password);