Hello and help!
I cannot connect to MS SQL Server SQLEXPRESS using PHP.
I'm running IIS on XP, PHP 4.3.11
After hunting down how to get php to use the mssql_* functions I have:
- edited php.ini so that 'extension=php_mssql.dll' is uncommented
- extension_dir is set to extension_dir = C:PHPextensions
- I've added "C:PHP;C:PHPextensions;C:PHPdlls" to my path
(FYI: changing my path and trying every combination of slashes and cases
I could think of to "extension_dir = C:PHPextensions" did 'SFA',
I had to drop 2 dlls right into the windows directory to get it to try and
connect)

now I get the following error:
"Warning: mssql_pconnect(): Unable to connect to server:"

while using the function like this
mssql_pconnect( '192.168.0.127SQLExpress,2301', '', '')
I've tried all kinds of variations, all kinds of username and password
combos and no luck. I guess I just don't know enough about windows and SQL
Server let alone SQLEXPRESS.

Maybe I'm not searching in the right places but I cannot find anyone who has
made this connection to SQLEXPRESS. Has anyone done this? Can anyone help
me out?

Thanks in advance
JohnL