--TEST-- specifies to retrieve date and time types as string when connecting. --SKIPIF-- --FILE-- "$databaseName", "UID"=>"$uid", "PWD"=>"$pwd"); $conn = sqlsrv_connect( $server, $connectionInfo); if( $conn === false ) { echo "Could not connect.\n"; die( print_r( sqlsrv_errors(), true)); } else { echo "Connection established.\n"; } sqlsrv_close( $conn); ?> --EXPECT-- Connection established.