Using PHP to connect to a remote MSSQL database

php sql-server remote-access

PHP Snippet 1:

       $server = '11.22.33.44';
      // Connect to MSSQL
      $link = mssql_connect($server, 'db_username', 'db_password');

PHP Snippet 2:

$username ="WRITEUSER";
$password = "WRITEPASS";
$database = "WRITEDB";
$server = "WRITESERVERIP";

$connection = mssql_connect($server, $username, $password);
if (!$connection) {  die('Not connected : ' . mssql_get_last_message());} 


$db_selected = mssql_select_db($databaseb, $connection);
if (!$db_selected) {
  die ('Can\'t use db : ' . mssql_get_last_message());
} else{

    // Success
}