#!/usr/bin/env php <?php error_reporting(-1); set_error_handler( static function ($errno, $errstr, $errfile, $errline) { $msg = "Error {$errno}: {$errstr}\n"; if ($errfile) { $msg .= "File: {$errfile}\n"; if ($errline) { $msg .= "Line: {$errline}\n"; } } fwrite(STDERR, $msg); exit(1); }, -1 ); try { new PDO('sqlsrv:server=localhost; Authentication=SqlPassword; ConnectRetryCount=0; Database=example; LoginTimeout=1', 'userName', 'password'); } catch (PDOException $x) { if (stripos($x->getMessage(), 'This extension requires the Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server') !== false) { fwrite(STDERR, trim($x->getMessage() . "\n")); exit(1); } }