sqlsrv_connect cannot connect to localhost

Question

I am trying to connect to MSSQL using sqlsrv_connect() however it is not working. I am getting a weird error:

/var/www/html/dir/mssql_conn.php: line 1: ?php: No such file or directory
/var/www/html/dir/mssql_conn.php: line 5: syntax error near unexpected token `('
/var/www/html/dir/mssql_conn.php: line 5: `$conn_array = array ('

My code is:

$conn_array = array (
    "UID" => "",
    "PWD" => "",
    "Database" => "dbName",
);


    $conn = sqlsrv_connect('(local)', $conn_array);


    if ($conn) {
        echo "connected";

        if(($result = sqlsrv_query($conn,"SELECT TOP 100 * FROM dbo.tblp")) !== false){

            while( $obj = sqlsrv_fetch_object( $result )) {
                  echo $obj->colName.'<br />';
            }
        }


    } else {
        die(print_r(sqlsrv_errors(), true));
    }

I've tried localhost\\sqlexpress, 8357 , serv.domain.tld\\sqlexpress, 8357 too and nothing works.

Form the outside there is a port. But I don't think that would apply from the inside would it?

Any help how I can actually connect?

Answer 1

I think it's because you added a comma after "dbName" , Maybe it should be

    $conn_array = array (
    "UID" => "",
    "PWD" => "",
    "Database" => "dbName"
);

Answer 2

You can check the connection by the below code

$serverName = "(local)\sqlexpress";  
$conn_array = array("UID" => "",
"PWD" => "",
"Database" => "dbName"
); // Provide the valid details 

/* Connect using Windows Authentication. */  
$conn = sqlsrv_connect( $serverName, $conn_array);  
if( $conn === false )  
die( FormatErrors( sqlsrv_errors() ) );

function FormatErrors( $errors )  
{  
    /* Display errors. */  
    echo "Error information: <br/>";  

    foreach ( $errors as $error )  
    {  
        echo "SQLSTATE: ".$error['SQLSTATE']."<br/>";  
        echo "Code: ".$error['code']."<br/>";  
        echo "Message: ".$error['message']."<br/>";  
    }  
}

For more information https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/php/example-application-sqlsrv-driver