SQL Server Driver for PHP Team Blog
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An update on our CTP2 release
It's been about two weeks since we released our CTP2 for the SQLSRV and PDO_SQLSRV drivers. While we've been actively monitoring and responding to feedback on our blog/forums, we have also been busy with the last set of "mini features" to complete our CTP2 release.
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SQL Server Driver for PHP 2.0 CTP2 is now released
It is our pleasure to announce the release of Community Technology Preview 2 (CTP2) of the SQL Server Driver for PHP 2.0!
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Plans for our next milestone
We have seen some increase in activity with more people downloading our driver and either reporting their successes or reporting any issues they run into – for the native driver (sqlsrv_xxxx API) to the PDO driver (PDO API). We’d like to thank you all for your effort and hope that our responses were quick enough as well as accurate.
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Need your feedback on our new SQL Server Connectivity portal
SQL Server, as a database product, has grown over the years and there are multiple ways to connect to it. Often, the different ways to connect to the database get documented and discussed in the various technology sections, and the technology choice determines which connectivity method one is going to use. For example, if one is writing a C++ application then one has to go with ODBC whereas a PHP web site developer will choose the PHP driver of course.
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SQL Server is now supported by phpBB!
Our team is really excited to announce the new release of phpBB 3.0.7-PL1 by the phpBB community that supports SQL Server, and one can download it from the Web Application Gallery for a very easy install!!
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A quick recap of the Jump In! Camp in Zurich
April has been an incredibly busy week for the team, so it has taken some time to blog about this camp. As they say, better late than never. As several of the attendees blogged before me, I thought that someone else would beat me to highlight the overall goal/format of the camp. But I guess not, so I’ll cover it briefly.
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SQL Server Driver for PHP 2.0 CTP adds PHP's PDO style data access for SQL Server
Today at DrupalCon SF 2010, we are reaching an important milestone by releasing a Community Technology Preview (CTP) of the new SQL Server Driver for PHP 2.0, which includes support for PHP Data Objects (PDO). Alongside our efforts, the Commerce Guys, a company providing ecommerce solutions with Drupal, is also presenting a beta version of Drupal 7 running on SQL Server using this new PDO Application Programming Interfaces (API) in the SQL Server Driver for PHP 2.0.
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Helloooooooooooo, is anybody here?
Well, to start off with, we got a great response to our PHP survey and ….
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SQL Server Driver for PHP 1.1 Community Technology Preview is now available
Today we are excited to announce that the Community Technology Preview (CTP) of the Microsoft® SQL Server Driver for PHP 1.1. This version of the driver provides new capabilities for building PHP applications and support for SQL Azure as well as support for PHP version 5.3, enabling developers to build PHP applications with relational capabilities using SQL Azure Database. Details of the SQL Azure Database CTP is available in a blogpost here.