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title Release Notes for the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server | Microsoft Docs
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ms.date 02/12/2019
ms.prod sql
ms.prod_service connectivity
ms.reviewer v-dapugl, kenvh
ms.technology connectivity
ms.topic conceptual
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what's new in version 1.1
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Release Notes for the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server

[!INCLUDEDriver_PHP_Download]

This page discusses what was added in each version of the [!INCLUDEssDriverPHP].

What's New in Version 5.6

New item Details
Support for PHP 7.3.  
Dropped support for PHP 7.0.  
Support for Microsoft ODBC Driver 17.3 on all platforms.  
Support for macOS Mojave. Requires ODBC Driver 17.3 or above.
Support for Ubuntu 18.10 and Suse Linux 15. Both require ODBC Driver 17.3 or above.
Dropped support for Linux Ubuntu 17.10 and macOS El Capitan.  
Support for Azure AD Access Token. In Linux and macOS, requires ODBC Driver 17.2+ and unixODBC 2.3.6+.
Support for Authentication with Azure AD using Managed Identity for Azure Resources. Requires ODBC Driver 17.3+.
New fetch functionalities •   New PDO::SQLSRV_ATTR_FETCHES_DATETIME_TYPE flag for pdo_sqlsrv to return datetime as objects.

•   Add ReturnDatesAsStrings option to statement level for sqlsrv.

•   New options at connection and statement levels for both drivers for formatting decimal values in the fetched results.
Support for static compilation of drivers if users choose to build from source.  
Improved performance by caching metadata on fetches and speeding up Unicode string conversions.  
   

What's New in Version 5.3

  • Support for Microsoft ODBC Driver 17.2 on all platforms
  • Support for macOS High Sierra (requires ODBC Driver 17 and above)
  • Support for Azure Key Vault for Always Encrypted for basic CRUD functionalities such that Always Encrypted feature is available to all supported Windows, Linux or macOS platforms Using Always Encrypted with the PHP Drivers for SQL Server
  • Support Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (requires ODBC Driver 17.2)
  • Support for Connection Resiliency in Linux or macOS as well (requires ODBC Driver 17.2)

What's New in Version 5.2

  • Support for PHP 7.2.1 and up on Windows, and 7.2.0 and up on other platforms
  • Support for Microsoft ODBC Driver 17
    • Version 17 is now the default on all platforms
  • Support for Ubuntu 17.10, Debian 9, and Suse Enterprise Linux 12
  • Dropped support for Ubuntu 15.10
  • Support for Always Encrypted with CRUD functionalities on Windows. For more information, see Using Always Encrypted with the PHP Drivers for SQL Server
    • Support for Windows Certificate Store
    • Always Encrypted is only supported with Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 and above
  • Support for non-UTF8 locales on Linux and macOS
    • Non-UTF8 locales on Linux and macOS are only supported with Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 and above
  • Support for Azure SQL Data Warehouse
  • Support for Azure SQL Managed Instance (Extended Private Preview)

What's New in Version 4.3

  • Support for PHP 7.1
  • Support for macOS Sierra and macOS El Capitan
  • Support for Ubuntu 15.10, and Debian 8
  • Dropped support for Ubuntu 15.04
  • Support for Always On Availability groups via Transparent Network IP Resolution. For more information, see Connection Options.
  • Added support for sql_variant data type with limitation.
  • Idle Connection Resiliency support in Windows. For more information, see Connection Options.
  • Connection pooling support for Linux and macOS. For more information, see Connection Pooling.
  • Support for Azure Active Directory Authentication with ActiveDirectoryPassword and SqlPassword. For more information, see Connection Options.

What's New in Version 4.0

  • Support for PHP 7.0
  • Full 64-bit support
  • Support for Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 16.04, and RedHat 7

What's New in Version 3.2

  • Support for PHP 5.6
  • Includes latest updates for prior PHP versions 5.5 and 5.4
  • Requires Microsoft ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server

What's New in Version 3.1

  • Support for PHP 5.5
  • Requires Microsoft ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server. Previous versions required SQL Native Client.

What's New in Version 3.0

What's New in Version 2.0

In version 2.0, support for the PDO_SQLSRV driver was added. For more information, see PDO_SQLSRV Driver Reference.

See Also

Overview of the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server