title: Connecting to an SQL Server mdf file via PHP
body: <p>I currently have a school assignment that involves both PHP and asp.net. Now the assignment is that I make an E-commerce website with PHP and it's CMS with asp.net.
  Therefore both websites connect to the same database which is in SQL Server.</p>
  
  <p>At the moment using Visual Studio's SQL Server Express, and I have generated an mdf file as the database. I am using xampplite as a web-server and notepad++ to code PHP and I am trying to connect to the mdf file. </p>
  
  <p>Is it possible? If so, What should I use as a connection string?</p>