Early technical preview of Microsoft Drivers 4.0.6 for PHP on Linux for SQL Server Released!

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Dear PHP Community,

Hi all, we are delighted to share the Preview (4.0.6) of the SQLSRV and PDO_SQLSRV driver (64bit and 32bit) for Linux. Updated Linux drivers are available for applications running PHP7+ on Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 16.04, and RedHat 7.2.

The major highlights of this release is the availability of  bug fixes, and new functionality.

Here is a summary of the bug fixes and improvements:

  • Drivers versioning has been redesigned as Major#.Minor#.Release#.Build#. Build number is specific to binaries and it doesn't match with the number on the source.
  • Fixed the issue with duplicate warning messages in PDO_SQLSRV drivers when error mode is set to PDO::ERRMODE_WARNING.
  • Fixed the issue with invalid UTF-8 strings, those are detected before executing any queries and proper error message is returned.
  • Fixed segmentation fault in sqlsrv_fetch_object and sqlsrv_fetch_array function.
  • Compiler C++ 11 is enabled in config file.

Future Plans

Going forward we plan to expand SQL 16 Feature Support (example: Always Encrypted), build verification/fundamental tests and bug fixes.

Getting the Preview Refresh

You can find the latest bits on our  Github repository , or via PECL . We provide limited support while in preview on our Github Issues page. As always, we welcome contributions of any kind – Pull Requests, or Feature Enhancements. I’d like to thank everyone on behalf of the team for supporting us in our endeavors to provide you with a high-quality driver. Happy downloading!

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