title: I'm unable to connect to ms sql server from php
body: <p>I installed sql server 2008 on my pc and try to connect to it from php code.</p>
  
  <pre><code>$server = "127.0.0.1:1433\MSSQLSERVER";
  mssql_connect($server, 'sa', '123456');
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and faced with this error.</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Unable to connect to server: 127.0.0.1:1433\MSSQLSERVER</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>please help me.</p>