Using sqlsrv_connect on Platofrms other than Windows 
I've inherited some code that uses the <code>sqlsrv_connect</code> method to instantiate a connection to a SQL Server database.  My personal development machine is an OS X box that I'm running apache an PHP on.  I have an instance of SQL Server running in a virtual machine.

When I attempt to connect to the database, I get the following error.

    Fatal error: Call to undefined function sqlsrv_connect() in

It appears that <code>sqlsrv_connect</code> is not part of standard PHP, and is part of a driver that ships with <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc296161(SQL.90).aspx">SQL Server 2005</a>. (please correct me if I'm wrong here)

Is there a way to use this function on Non-Windows platforms?  I realize I could install/build an Apache/PHP instance on my Windows machine, but if there's a way to get this function working on OS X (or other *nixes) I'd prefer it.  
Using sqlsrv_connect on Platofrms other than Windows 
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I've inherited some code that uses the <code>sqlsrv_connect</code> method to instantiate a connection to a SQL Server database.  My personal development machine is an OS X box that I'm running apache an PHP on.  I have an instance of SQL Server running in a virtual machine.

When I attempt to connect to the database, I get the following error.

    Fatal error: Call to undefined function sqlsrv_connect() in

It appears that <code>sqlsrv_connect</code> is not part of standard PHP, and is part of a driver that ships with <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc296161(SQL.90).aspx">SQL Server 2005</a>. (please correct me if I'm wrong here)

Is there a way to use this function on Non-Windows platforms?  I realize I could install/build an Apache/PHP instance on my Windows machine, but if there's a way to get this function working on OS X (or other *nixes) I'd prefer it.  