<?php /*========== install at ubuntu: ============== sudo apt install php-sybase //================================== append this into /etc/freetds/freetds.conf: (192.168.0.250:2638 is an example:) //================================== sudo nano /etc/freetds/freetds.conf [connName] host = 192.168.0.250 port = 2638 tds version = 7.4 database = MYDB //====== php: */ $connName = "connName"; $user = "myuser"; $pass = "mypass"; $st="dblib:host=$connName;charset=iso8859-1"; $conn = new PDO($st,$user,$pass); /* $conn->prepare($sql_query); ...etc */