SQL Server connectivity improvements for PHP RUNTIME GENERATION 2 (8.2+)

The sqlsrv and pdo_sqlsrv PECL extensions (v5.13.0) are now available for PHP 8.3 and 8.4. This gives sites native SQL Server connectivity beyond the existing ODBC driver support.

Additionally, Microsoft ODBC Driver 17 and 18 for SQL Server are now installed for PHP 8.2 and later.

For more information on available PHP extensions and runtime configuration, refer to the PHP Runtime Generation 2 documentation.