title: PDO MSSQL Server - Driver not found
body: <p>I am currently trying to connect to my localdb on MSSQL 2012 Express.</p>
  
  <p>I have downloaded and installed the official microsoft driver from <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20098" rel="noreferrer">http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20098</a> </p>
  
  <p>I get some kind of SQLSRV section in my phpinfo(). But when I try to create a new PDO object it says it does not have the driver. Which I could understand since it is not mentioned on the phpinfo() PDO section, but it has its own section + the get_loaded_extensions also shows sqlsrv. I suppose thats from the official MS Driver ? I am using the php_sqlsrv_53_nts.dll 
  With my Zend Server CE 5.6 with PHP 5.3.9</p>
  
  <p>Now as far as I understood I downloaded the wrong driver  and should try the one that is brought by the PECL manager? There is only the sourcecode available and obviously I am on a windows machine so I can forget about everything that I need to compile myself - I am actually getting the suffix errors when using the powershell and my pecl / pear installation. </p>
  
  <p>Has anybody solve that problem ? Any help much appreciated</p>
  
  <p>All the best, 
  Richard</p>