{"id":553,"date":"2014-11-06T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-01-22T22:48:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T06:48:45","slug":"available-now-preview-release-of-the-sql-server-php-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sql-server\/blog\/2014\/11\/06\/available-now-preview-release-of-the-sql-server-php-driver\/","title":{"rendered":"Available Now: Preview Release of the SQL Server PHP Driver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we are pleased to announce the availability of a community technology preview release of the SQL Server Driver for PHP! 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