title: Want to connect PHP5 to MS SQL SERVER 2005 in linux
body: <p>I want to connect mssql server using php code on linux operating system. i want to use mssql_connect() .please help me. my code is</p>
  
  <pre><code>$server='x.x.x.x\SQLEXPRESS';
  $link = mssql_connect($server, 'username', 'password');
  if (!$link)
  {
    die("Couldn't connect to SQL Server on $server. Error: " . mssql_get_last_message());
  }
  else
  {
    echo "Connected!";
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>it show error "Unable to connect to server: x.x.x.x\SQLEXPRESS"</p>