Codeigniter 3 not connecting to sqlserver database

Question

Simple question. With Codeigniter 2.x.x I had no problems in connecting to a MS SQLServer database. I have now upgraded to Codeigniter 3 and I get this error:

A Database Error Occurred

Unable to set client connection character set: utf8

Filename: core/CodeIgniter.php

Line Number: 500

Here is my database.php config file:

Codeigniter 2.x.x --> it works

$active_group = 'default';
$active_record = TRUE;

$db['default']['hostname'] = 'XXX';
$db['default']['username'] = 'XXX';
$db['default']['password'] = 'XXX';
$db['default']['database'] = 'XXX';
$db['default']['dbdriver'] = 'mssql';
$db['default']['dbprefix'] = '';
$db['default']['pconnect'] = FALSE;
$db['default']['db_debug'] = TRUE;
$db['default']['cache_on'] = FALSE;
$db['default']['cachedir'] = '';
$db['default']['char_set'] = 'utf8';
$db['default']['dbcollat'] = 'utf8_general_ci';
$db['default']['swap_pre'] = '';
$db['default']['autoinit'] = TRUE;
$db['default']['stricton'] = FALSE;

Codeigniter 3 --> error

$active_group = 'default';
$query_builder = TRUE;

    $db['default'] = array(
        'dsn'   => '',
        'hostname' => 'XXX',
        'username' => 'XXX',
        'password' => 'XXX',
        'database' => 'XXX',
        'dbdriver' => 'mssql',
        'dbprefix' => '',
        'pconnect' => FALSE,
        'db_debug' => TRUE,
        'cache_on' => FALSE,
        'cachedir' => '',
        'char_set' => 'utf8',
        'dbcollat' => 'utf8_general_ci',
        'swap_pre' => '',
        'encrypt' => FALSE,
        'compress' => FALSE,
        'stricton' => FALSE,
        'failover' => array(),
        'save_queries' => TRUE
    );

Any ideas? Thanks.

Further test include using the sqlsrv driver but I get this error:

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Runtime Notice

Message: Declaration of CI_DB_sqlsrv_driver::_limit() should be compatible with that of CI_DB_query_builder::_limit()

Filename: sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php

Line Number: 459

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Runtime Notice

Message: Declaration of CI_DB_sqlsrv_driver::_delete() should be compatible with that of CI_DB_query_builder::_delete()

Filename: sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php

Line Number: 459

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Runtime Notice

Message: Declaration of CI_DB_sqlsrv_driver::_update() should be compatible with that of CI_DB_driver::_update()

Filename: sqlsrv/sqlsrv_driver.php

Line Number: 459

Mitteg · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-03 11:53:01Z

1

I ended up doing this:

$active_group = 'default';
$query_builder = TRUE;

$db['default'] = array(
    'dsn'   => 'Driver={SQL Server Native Client 10.0};Server=XXX.XX.XXX.XXX;Database=myDataBaseName;',
    'hostname' => '',
    'username' => 'XXX',
    'password' => 'XXX',
    'database' => '',
    'dbdriver' => 'odbc',
    'dbprefix' => '',
    'pconnect' => FALSE,
    'db_debug' => TRUE,
    'cache_on' => FALSE,
    'cachedir' => '',
    'char_set' => 'utf8',
    'dbcollat' => 'utf8_general_ci',
    'swap_pre' => '',
    'encrypt' => FALSE,
    'compress' => FALSE,
    'stricton' => FALSE,
    'failover' => array(),
    'save_queries' => TRUE
);

It works flawlessly. Thanks anyway for the tips.

answered Jun 3, 2015 at 11:53

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Heel_tushar · Accepted Answer · 2024-02-16 06:46:34Z

update your DataBase.php config file to the below code :-
$active_group = 'default';
$query_builder = TRUE;

$db['default'] = array(
    'dsn'   => 'Driver={SQL Server Native Client 10.0};Server=XXX.XX.XXX.XXX;Database=myDataBaseName;',
    'hostname' => '',
    'username' => 'XXX',
    'password' => 'XXX',
    'database' => '',
    'dbdriver' => 'odbc',
    'dbprefix' => '',
    'pconnect' => FALSE,
    'db_debug' => TRUE,
    'cache_on' => FALSE,
    'cachedir' => '',
    'char_set' => 'utf8',
    'dbcollat' => 'utf8_general_ci',
    'swap_pre' => '',
    'encrypt' => FALSE,
    'compress' => FALSE,
    'stricton' => FALSE,
    'failover' => array(),
    'save_queries' => TRUE
);

Make Sure your db drivers are set to odbc like this 'dbdriver' => 'odbc'

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