He suggested trying to get PHP on a Linux box to connect to a MSSQL database server. An attempt at this task made months before ... Use the login combination you tried above to verify that a user name ...

The Connection Properties dialog opens. For my sample ITworld application, I changed the data source to Microsoft SQL Server (SQLClient), and entered the necessary Server, Log On, and database values.

Right-click the PHP page you want to use to call the stored procedure and select "Open With." Click the PHP editor to open the code. Add the PHP connection to the MySQL database.