The new PECL package pdo_sqlsrv-5.7.0preview (devel) has been released at 
https://pecl.php.net/.

Release notes
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[Added]
- Support for PHP 7.4 RC 1
- Support for Linux Ubuntu 19.04 and Debian 10
- Feature Request [#929](https://github.com/microsoft/msphpsql/issues/929) - 
new [Language 
option](https://github.com/microsoft/msphpsql/wiki/Features#language) - Pull 
Request [#930](https://github.com/microsoft/msphpsql/pull/930)
- [Data Classification Sensitivity Metadata 
Retrieval](https://github.com/microsoft/msphpsql/wiki/Features#data-classification-sensitivity-metadata),
 which requires [MS ODBC Driver 
17.2+](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server)
 and [SQL Server 2019 release 
candidate](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/sql-server/sql-server-ver15-release-notes?view=sqlallproducts-allversions#-release-candidate-rc)
[Removed]
- Dropped support for Ubuntu 18.10
[Fixed]
- Issue [#570](https://github.com/microsoft/msphpsql/issues/570) - Fixed 
fetching varbinary data using client buffer with sqlsrv
- Pull Request [#972](https://github.com/microsoft/msphpsql/pull/972) - Removed 
redundant calls to retrieve the number of columns or rows in the current query 
result set
- Pull Request [#978](https://github.com/microsoft/msphpsql/pull/978) - 
PDO_SQLSRV implementation of PDO::getColumnMeta now references cached metadata 
rather than making an ODBC call every time
- Pull Request [#979](https://github.com/microsoft/msphpsql/pull/979) - Added 
support for data classification sensitivity metadata retrieval
- Pull Request [#985](https://github.com/microsoft/msphpsql/pull/985) - Fixed 
memory issues with data classification data structures
- Issue [#432](https://github.com/microsoft/msphpsql/issues/432) - Having any 
invalid UTF-8 name in the connection string will no longer invoke misleading 
error messages
- Issue [#909](https://github.com/microsoft/msphpsql/issues/909) - Fixed 
potential exception with locale issues in macOS 
- Pull Request [#992](https://github.com/microsoft/msphpsql/pull/992) - 
Produced the correct error when requesting Data Classification metadata with 
ODBC drivers prior to 17
- Pull Request [#1001](https://github.com/microsoft/msphpsql/pull/1001) - Fixed 
compilation issue with PHP 7.4 alpha
- Pull Request [#1004](https://github.com/microsoft/msphpsql/pull/1004) - Fixed 
another compilation issue with PHP 7.4 alpha
- Pull Request [#1008](https://github.com/microsoft/msphpsql/pull/1008) - 
Improved data caching when fetching datetime objects
- Pull Request [#1011](https://github.com/microsoft/msphpsql/pull/1011) - Fixed 
a potential buffer overflow when parsing for escaped braces in the connection 
string
- Pull Request [#1015](https://github.com/microsoft/msphpsql/pull/1015) - Fixed 
compilation issues and addressed various memory leaks detected by PHP 7.4 beta 
1 
[Limitations]
- No support for inout / output params when using sql_variant type
- No support for inout / output params when formatting decimal values
- In Linux and macOS, setlocale() only takes effect if it is invoked before the 
first connection. Attempting to set the locale after connecting will not work
- Always Encrypted requires [MS ODBC Driver 
17+](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/odbc/linux-mac/installing-the-microsoft-odbc-driver-for-sql-server?view=sql-server-2017)
  - Only Windows Certificate Store and Azure Key Vault are supported. Custom 
Keystores are not yet supported
  - Issue [#716](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/issues/716) - With 
Always Encrypted enabled, named parameters in subqueries are not supported
  - [Always Encrypted 
limitations](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/connect/php/using-always-encrypted-php-drivers?view=sql-server-2017#limitations-of-the-php-drivers-when-using-always-encrypted)
[Known Issues]
- Data Classification metadata retrieval is not compatible with ODBC Driver 
17.4.1
- Connection pooling on Linux or macOS is not recommended with 
[unixODBC](http://www.unixodbc.org/) < 2.3.7
- When pooling is enabled in Linux or macOS
  - unixODBC <= 2.3.4 (Linux and macOS) might not return proper diagnostic 
information, such as error messages, warnings and informative messages
  - due to this unixODBC bug, fetch large data (such as xml, binary) as streams 
as a workaround. See the examples 
[here](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/wiki/Features#pooling)
- With ColumnEncryption enabled, calling stored procedure with XML parameter 
does not work (Issue [#674](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/issues/674))
- In SUSE 15, Azure Active Directory connections may fail if PHP is installed 
from packages (Issue [#934](https://github.com/Microsoft/msphpsql/issues/934))

Package Info
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The Microsoft Drivers for PHP for SQL Server are PHP extensions that allow for 
the reading and writing of SQL Server data from within PHP scripts. The SQLSRV 
extension provides a procedural interface while the PDO_SQLSRV extension 
implements PDO for accessing data in all editions of SQL Server 2008 R2 and 
later (including Azure SQL DB). These drivers rely on the Microsoft ODBC Driver 
for SQL Server to handle the low-level communication with SQL Server.
*This package contains only the PDO_SQLSRV driver.*

Related Links
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Package home: https://pecl.php.net/package/pdo_sqlsrv
   Changelog: https://pecl.php.net/package-changelog.php?package=pdo_sqlsrv
    Download: https://pecl.php.net/get/pdo_sqlsrv-5.7.0preview.tgz

Authors
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Jay Kint <jayk...@microsoft.com> (lead)
Meet Bhagdev <me...@microsoft.com> (lead)
Marie Barwin (lead)
Jenny Tam (lead)
David Puglielli (lead)

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