PHP can talk to SQL Server just fine. It's completely seamless with PHP+Apache on Windows. FreeTDS can be a little more of a pain to configure with PHP+Apache on linux, ...

I chose to install PHP myself and configure it for use in WebMatrix (see Brian Swan's tutorial). After doing that, I tested the new PHP Drivers for SQL Server. The August release added PDO support, ...

My boss, having created a sophisticated MySQL and PHP-driven black diamond web site in PHP was enthused about the prospects of further web development with PHP. He suggested trying to get PHP on a ...