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# HiveSQL for PHP developers

It is a bit tricky to enable PHP on Linux to work with MS-SQL servers.\
Here is a procedure for this to work:

* install `php-pdo-dblib` (if you're using PDO)
* then `echo "extension=pdo_dblib.so" > /etc/php.d/mssql.ini`
* then restart your httpd
* you also need the ODBC drivers\
  `curl https://packages.microsoft.com/config/rhel/7/prod.repo > /etc/yum.repos.d/mssql-release.repo`\
   `yum remove unixODBC-utf16 unixODBC-utf16-devel #to avoid conflicts`\
   `sudo ACCEPT_EULA=Y yum install msodbcsql17`\
   `sudo pecl install sqlsrv`\
   `sudo pecl install pdo_sqlsrv`
* You should add "extension=sqlsrv.so" to php.ini\
  You should add "extension=pdo\_sqlsrv.so" to php.ini

Thanks to [@drakos](https://peakd.com/@drakos) for this information.


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