SQL Server Driver for PHP 2.0 (Now with PDO!)
Microsoft has released the most recent fruits of my team’s labor. The SQL Server Driver for PHP 2.0 is now out.
This version contains a PDO driver. The PDO SqlSrv driver provides a full implementation of the PDO specification, though there are some things that we did different than other drivers. Which is not surprising, because not every driver does things the same way. However, we are actively soliciting feedback, so if you use PHP and PDO, please try our driver out and let us know what you think, and what you would like to see.
One of the key areas we’re interested in are SQL Server specific features. PDO has extensibility through driver specific methods. If there is some cool SQL Server feature that you want to use through PDO, let us know.
An important milestone for myself is that this is the first version I was the technical lead for. While I’ve written most of the code within previous versions, I was not actually responsible for the ‘code quality’. That always was the technical lead, who until now was mostly responsible for reviewing the code I wrote. With this release, I not only wrote alot the code, but was responsible ultimately for its quality. (Don’t worry, it was still reviewed by qualified people. 
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The other important facet is that until this release, I wrote all the code. We now have an additional developer, so we can split the responsibilities and deliver more goodness for PHP! Just one more thing to show that Microsoft takes PHP seriously.
Many thanks to those who contributed to this release.
