title: Connect to MS SQL Server 2008 with PHP running on XP / IIS
body: <p>I'm trying to connect to MSSQL 2008 from a (LAN) XP machine running IIS 5.1 &amp; PHP 5.3.</p>
  
  <p>I tried following this answer <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/5432118">https://stackoverflow.com/a/5432118</a></p>
  
  <p>Problems started when I had no <code>snapshot.txt</code>, however as I am running IIS and PHP as FastCGI extension I am fairly confident I need the non-threadsafe dll ?</p>
  
  <p>Anyway, I downloaded <code>SQLSRV30.EXE</code> and extracted <code>php_sqlsrv_53_nts.dll</code> to my <code>ext</code> dir and added the extension to my <code>php.ini</code>. I also confirmed the <code>extension_dir</code> was correct &amp; installed Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Native Client before restarting IIS.</p>
  
  <p>Unfortunately <code>phpinfo()</code> does not list sqlsrv as a loaded extension and I am now totally lost so any help would be highly appreciated.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>