Installing MSSQL Module for PHP on Mac OS X

Installing the MSSQL module for Mac OS X

Install FreeTDS

• Create the directory /usr/local/freetds
• Download the latest version of freetds (http://www.freetds.org/software.html)
• Open a terminal window
• Untar/zip the freetds file and cd into that directory in terminal
  • i/e cd ~/Downloads/freetds-0.82
• paste this in terminal

  ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/freetds --sysconfdir=/usr/local/freetds/conf/freetds --disable-libiconv --disable-odbc

• type “make “and press enter
• type “sudo make install “and press enter
  • Enter your password
• You’re done with freetds…..

Compile PHP

• Download and untar/zip the latest source (http://php.net/downloads.php)
• Cd into the php directory in terminal
  • i/e cd ~/Downloads/php-5.3.6
• Configure PHP
  • Type “./configure” and press enter
• Type “make” and press enter
• Go into the mssql extension directory
  • i/e cd ~/Downloads/php-5.3.6/ext/mssql
• phpize it! (type phpize)
• Configure mssql to run with freetds
  • Type

    ./configure --with-mssql=/usr/local/freetds

    and press enter

• Type “make” and press enter
• Open finder and go to the mssql module directory (~/Downloads/php-5.3.6/ext/mssql/modules/)
• Copy mssql.so to the extension directory of your php installation
  • MAMP on my machine is located here /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php-5.3.6/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20090626/
  • Paste the mssql.so into this folder (there should be a bunch of other .so files)
• Go up a few directories to /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php-5.3.6/conf/php.ini and open it.
• Search for “extension=”
• Paste “extension=mssql.so” on the line below the other extensions
• Restart MAMP!

Test it!!!!!