[Package Request] - sqlsrv - Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server

[rgoltz]

What package is missing from Amazon Linux 2023? Please describe and include package name.

It's Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server with package name:

sqlsrv

Link Source-Code/Releases: https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/releases

Is this an update to existing package or new package request?

It's a new package.

Is this package available in Amazon Linux 2? If it is available via external sources such as EPEL, please specify.

It's seems there is a pattern via pecl. Microsoft providing Information here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/php/installation-tutorial-linux-mac?view=sql-server-ver16

Any additional information you'd like to include. (use-cases, etc)

This package needs #858 (Package Request for Microsoft ODBC Driver for SQL Server). We are using an Amazon RDS for Microsoft SQL Server (currently the Major-Version called "SQL Server 2022", Minor-Version CU15 - Version example: 16.0.4150.1). We like to run a PHP application on AL2023, which using SQL Server RDS.

Once using AL2023 distribution it should ideally provide all essential packages and libraries through its official repositories, hence we would love to see to get sqlsrv / msphpsql from AL2023 repo = no hassle with adding 3rd party repos.

[stewartsmith]

For PHP, we do tend to point to PECL for extensions we don't ship - this may be a case for an exception due to the integration with the RDS offering.