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The [!INCLUDEssDriverPHP] provides several options for executing functions.

If you are using the SQLSRV driver, use sqlsrv_query to execute a single query and sqlsrv_prepare with sqlsrv_execute to execute a prepared statement multiple times with different parameter values for each execution.

If you are using the PDO_SQLSRV driver, you can execute a query with one of the following:

• PDO::exec

• PDO::query

• PDO::prepare and PDOStatement::execute.

SQLSRV Driver API Reference

PDO_SQLSRV Driver Reference

Programming Guide for the Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server