Connection from Linux server to a windows server with a SQL Server DB

Question

I want to connect from my Linux web server to a SQL Server DB running on a windows server. I have all the right extensions on the Linux box (near as I can tell) and am trying to connect with the following code:

<?php

$server = "ip address";
$user = "userName";
$password = "passWord";
$database = "dataBase";

// Connect to MS SQL database.

$conn = odbc_connect("Driver={SQL Server Native Client 10.0};Server=$server;Database=$database;", $user, $password);

If ($conn) {
    echo "Database connection is established.<br />\n";
} 
else {
    echo "Connection could not be established.<br />\n";
    die ( print_r(odbc_errormsg(), true));
}
?>

I get this error:

Connection could not be established. [unixODBC][Driver Manager]Can't open lib 'SQL Server Native Client 11.0' : file not found

I assume that this issue is on the windows machine? I have never made this type of connection before.

What I want to be able to do is connect to this DB from my Linux web server to manipulate the data within that database. (add, edit, delete)

Answer 1

The SQL Server Native Client ODBC driver is only for Windows. On Linux, install Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server (latest version as of this writing). Then specify "Driver={ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server}" in the connection string.