Create PHP apps using SQL Server on macOS

2 Create PHP application with SQL server

In this section you will create a simple PHP app. The PHP app will perform basic Insert, Update, Delete, and Select.

Step 2.1 Install the PHP Driver for SQL Server

    sudo pecl install sqlsrv pdo_sqlsrv
    sudo echo "extension= pdo_sqlsrv.so" >> `php --ini | grep "Loaded Configuration" | sed -e "s|.*:\s*||"`
    sudo echo "extension= sqlsrv.so" >> `php --ini | grep "Loaded Configuration" | sed -e "s|.*:\s*||"`

Step 2.2 Create a database for your application

Create the database using sqlcmd

sqlcmd -S localhost -U sa -P your_password -Q "CREATE DATABASE SampleDB;"

Step 2.3 Create a PHP app that connects to SQL Server and executes queries

mkdir SqlServerSample
cd SqlServerSample

Using your favorite text editor, create a new file called connect.php in the SqlServerSample folder. Paste the code below inside into the new file.

<?php
    $serverName = "localhost";
    $connectionOptions = array(
        "Database" => "SampleDB",
        "Uid" => "sa",
        "PWD" => "your_password"
    );
    //Establishes the connection
    $conn = sqlsrv_connect($serverName, $connectionOptions);
    if($conn)
        echo "Connected!"
?>

Run your PHP script from the terminal.

php connect.php

Connected!

Execute the T-SQL scripts below in the terminal with sqlcmd to create a schema, table, and insert a few rows.

sqlcmd -S localhost -U sa -P your_password -d SampleDB -Q "CREATE SCHEMA TestSchema;"
sqlcmd -S localhost -U sa -P your_password -d SampleDB -Q "CREATE TABLE TestSchema.Employees (Id INT IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, Name NVARCHAR(50), Location NVARCHAR(50));"
sqlcmd -S localhost -U sa -P your_password -d SampleDB -Q "INSERT INTO TestSchema.Employees (Name, Location) VALUES (N'Jared', N'Australia'), (N'Nikita', N'India'), (N'Tom', N'Germany');"
sqlcmd -S localhost -U sa -P your_password -d SampleDB -Q "SELECT * FROM TestSchema.Employees;"

Using your favorite text editor, create a new file called crud.php in the SqlServerSample folder. Paste the code below inside into the new file. This will insert, update, delete, and read a few rows.

<?php
$serverName = "localhost";
$connectionOptions = array(
    "Database" => "SampleDB",
    "Uid" => "sa",
    "PWD" => "your_password"
);
//Establishes the connection
$conn = sqlsrv_connect($serverName, $connectionOptions);

//Insert Query
echo ("Inserting a new row into table" . PHP_EOL);
$tsql= "INSERT INTO TestSchema.Employees (Name, Location) VALUES (?,?);";
$params = array('Jake','United States');
$getResults= sqlsrv_query($conn, $tsql, $params);
$rowsAffected = sqlsrv_rows_affected($getResults);
if ($getResults == FALSE or $rowsAffected == FALSE)
    die(FormatErrors(sqlsrv_errors()));
echo ($rowsAffected. " row(s) inserted: " . PHP_EOL);

sqlsrv_free_stmt($getResults);

//Update Query

$userToUpdate = 'Nikita';
$tsql= "UPDATE TestSchema.Employees SET Location = ? WHERE Name = ?";
$params = array('Sweden', $userToUpdate);
echo("Updating Location for user " . $userToUpdate . PHP_EOL);

$getResults= sqlsrv_query($conn, $tsql, $params);
$rowsAffected = sqlsrv_rows_affected($getResults);
if ($getResults == FALSE or $rowsAffected == FALSE)
    die(FormatErrors(sqlsrv_errors()));
echo ($rowsAffected. " row(s) updated: " . PHP_EOL);
sqlsrv_free_stmt($getResults);

//Delete Query
$userToDelete = 'Jared';
$tsql= "DELETE FROM TestSchema.Employees WHERE Name = ?";
$params = array($userToDelete);
$getResults= sqlsrv_query($conn, $tsql, $params);
echo("Deleting user " . $userToDelete . PHP_EOL);
$rowsAffected = sqlsrv_rows_affected($getResults);
if ($getResults == FALSE or $rowsAffected == FALSE)
    die(FormatErrors(sqlsrv_errors()));
echo ($rowsAffected. " row(s) deleted: " . PHP_EOL);
sqlsrv_free_stmt($getResults);


//Read Query
$tsql= "SELECT Id, Name, Location FROM TestSchema.Employees;";
$getResults= sqlsrv_query($conn, $tsql);
echo ("Reading data from table" . PHP_EOL);
if ($getResults == FALSE)
    die(FormatErrors(sqlsrv_errors()));
while ($row = sqlsrv_fetch_array($getResults, SQLSRV_FETCH_ASSOC)) {
    echo ($row['Id'] . " " . $row['Name'] . " " . $row['Location'] . PHP_EOL);

}
sqlsrv_free_stmt($getResults);

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

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

Run your PHP script from the terminal.

php crud.php

Inserting a new row into table
1 row(s) inserted:
Updating Location for user Nikita
1 row(s) updated:
Deleting user Jared
1 row(s) deleted:
Reading data from table
2 Nikita Sweden
3 Tom Germany
4 Jake United States

Congrats you created your first PHP app with SQL Server! Check out the next section to learn about how you can make your PHP faster with SQL Server’s Columnstore feature.

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