Connection to a db with Doctrine pdo_sqlsrv

Question

I'm trying to connect to my database in SQL Server 2000, but i get an error

could not find driver

when i'm using pdo_sqlsrv. But if i use sqlsrv i get an error

Attempted to call function "sqlsrv_configure" from namespace "Doctrine\\DBAL\\Driver\\SQLSrv".

Here is my config.yml

config.yml

doctrine:
    dbal:
        default_connection: default
        connections:
            default:
                dbname: "%database_name%"
                user: "%database_user%"
                password: "%database_password%"
                host: "%database_host%"
                driver:   pdo_mysql
                charset:  utf8mb4
                default_table_options:
                    charset: utf8mb4
                    collate: utf8mb4_unicode_ci
            connection2:
                dbname: "%database_name2%"
                user: "%database_user2%"
                password: "%database_password2%"
                host: "%database_host2%"
                driver:  pdo_sqlsrv
                #driver:  sqlsrv  i've also tried this
                #charset:  utf8mb4
                default_table_options:
                    charset: utf8mb4
                    collate: utf8mb4_unicode_ci

Does anybody know why i'm getting these errors?

Answer 1

If the function sqlsrv_configure can't be found, then the sqlsrv extension isn't installed. It can be found on the official Microsoft repository here .

You can check if you've installed the extension by running the command php -m in your terminal. Note that if you're running Symfony on a standalone server (eg MAMP, XAMP, or anything else that uses a non-CLI version of PHP) then the extensions used by the CLI and the standalone server may differ.

You can test this by going to the profiler in Symfony ( /_profiler by default) and clicking on the "View full PHP configuration" link under the Configuration menu item. This will open the phpinfo() screen. Look for either the sqlsrv or pdo_sqlsrv extensions there.

EDIT

Looking at the Doctrine docs again, it seems that pdo_sqlsrv causes problems. Doctrine recommends using sqlsrv .

pdo_sqlsrv : A Microsoft SQL Server driver that uses pdo_sqlsrv PDO Note that this driver caused problems in our tests. Prefer the sqlsrv driver if possible.

(Emphasis not mine)

Answer 2

Can you try:

driver:        pdo_sqlsrv
database_port: 1433

Not sure if that will work, but try it.