title: Connecting to an Advantage Database with PHP on Windows
body: <p>I have a customer that has an application that uses an Advantage Database. 
  I am having problems trying to connect to it with PHP using ODBC or the PHP connector
  it get this discovery 6420 error which seems quite common. </p>
  
  <p>I think most of the problem is my laack of understanding of the Advantage Database.
  I am thinking the problem may be there is actually no server running? 
  do that application maybe have its own kind of server maybe?
  I have written a small C# program that connects to the data dictionary and reads it fine, but it uses this <code>Advantage.data.provider</code> for C#. Is that acting like a server?</p>
  
  <p>So I guess the bottom line is:
  Is there a way to connect to this data dictionary/Advantage Database so I can access with PHP? (preferably without buying something)</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for your help.</p>