trying the sql server driver for php on windows 2008 - part 2

Overview of the complete function list.
Details to follow, but just from the function list you may see, that a simple search-and-replace will do the work to switch from mssql to sqlsrv-functions in a very simple case only.

old php driver (mssql_)	sqlsrv php driver	Description
Server and Connection
mssql_connect	sqlsrv_connect	Open MS SQL server connection / Creates and opens a connection.
mssql_pconnect	-	Open persistent MS SQL connection
mssql_close	sqlsrv_close	Close MS SQL Server connection / Closes a connection. Frees all resources associated with the connection.
mssql_select_db	-	Select MS SQL database
-	sqlsrv_configure	Changes error handling and logging configurations.
-	sqlsrv_server_info	Provides information about the server.
-	sqlsrv_client_info	Provides information about the client.
-	sqlsrv_get_config	Returns the value of the specified configuration setting.
mssql_min_error_severity	-	Sets the minimum error severity
mssql_min_message_severity	-	Sets the minimum message severity
querying data
mssql_query	sqlsrv_query	Send MS SQL query / Prepares and executes a Transact-SQL query.
mssql_free_statement	sqlsrv_free_stmt	Free statement memory / Closes a statement. Frees all resources associated with the statement.
mssql_bind	-	Adds a parameter to a stored procedure or a remote stored procedure
mssql_data_seek	-	Moves internal row pointer
mssql_execute	sqlsrv_execute	Executes a stored procedure on a MS SQL server database / Executes a prepared statement.
mssql_rows_affected	sqlsrv_rows_affected	Returns the number of records affected by the query / Returns the number of modified rows.
mssql_result	-	Get result data
-	sqlsrv_fetch	Makes the next row of data available for reading.
mssql_free_result	-	Free result memory
	sqlsrv_prepare	Prepares a Transact-SQL query without executing it. Implicitly binds parameters.
mssql_next_result	sqlsrv_next_result	Move the internal result pointer to the next result / Makes the next result available for processing.
mssql_init	-	Initializes a stored procedure or a remote stored procedure
-	sqlsrv_begin_transaction	Begins a transaction.
-	sqlsrv_commit	Commits a transaction.
-	sqlsrv_cancel	Cancels a statement; discards any pending results for the statement.
-	sqlsrv_rollback	Rolls back a transaction.
getting results
mssql_fetch_array	sqlsrv_fetch_array	Fetch a result row as an associative array, a numeric array, or both / Retrieves the next row of data as a numerically indexed array, an associative array, or both.
mssql_fetch_assoc	-	Returns an associative array of the current row in the result
mssql_fetch_batch	-	Returns the next batch of records
mssql_fetch_field	sqlsrv_get_field	Get field information / Retrieves a field in the current row by index. The PHP return type can be specified.
mssql_fetch_object	sqlsrv_fetch_object	Fetch row as object / Retrieves the next row of data as an object.
mssql_fetch_row		Get row as enumerated array
-	sqlsrv_fetch
Metadata
mssql_field_length	-	Get the length of a field
mssql_field_name	-	Get the name of a field
mssql_field_seek	-	Seeks to the specified field offset
mssql_field_type	-	Gets the type of a field
mssql_num_fields	sqlsrv_num_fields	Gets the number of fields in result / Retrieves the number of fields in an active result set.
mssql_num_rows	sqlsrv_num_rows	Gets the number of rows in result / Reports the number of rows in a result set.
	sqlsrv_field_metadata	Returns field metadata.
	sqlsrv_has_rows	Detects if a result set has one or more rows.
Error-handling
mssql_get_last_message	-	Returns the last message from the server
-	sqlsrv_errors	Returns error and/or warning information about the last operation.
Other
mssql_guid_string	-	Converts a 16 byte binary GUID to a string
-	sqlsrv_send_stream_data	Sends up to eight kilobytes (8 KB) of data to the server with each call to the function.