http://blogs.msdn.com/zowens/archive/2009/02/09/sql-server-driver-for-php-requires-the-sql-server-2005-odbc-driver.aspxI was banging my head against a wall for a while today trying to track down a issue that wasn't letting my PHP 5.2.8 app do a basic connection to SQL Server 2008. I kept getting the following error. SQLSTATE: IM002 message: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager]en-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/zowens/archive/2009/02/09/sql-server-driver-for-php-requires-the-sql-server-2005-odbc-driver.aspx#9409766Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:26:04 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9409766infoblog &raquo; SQL Server Driver for PHP Requires the SQL Server 2005 ODBC Driver<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://blog.a-foton.ru/index.php/2009/02/10/sql-server-driver-for-php-requires-the-sql-server-2005-odbc-driver-2/">http://blog.a-foton.ru/index.php/2009/02/10/sql-server-driver-for-php-requires-the-sql-server-2005-odbc-driver-2/</a></p> http://blogs.msdn.com/zowens/archive/2009/02/09/sql-server-driver-for-php-requires-the-sql-server-2005-odbc-driver.aspx#9415267Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:46:02 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9415267ZachSkylesOwens<p>Just to clarify... &nbsp;The file you need to download is &quot;sqlncli.msi&quot; or &quot;sqlncli_x64.msi&quot; depending on your OS.</p>