<?php 
$myServer = "localhost"; 
$myUser = "your_name"; 
$myPass = "your_password"; 
$myDB = "examples"; 

//connection to the database 
$dbhandle = @mssql_connect($myServer, $myUser, $myPass) 
  or die("Couldn't connect to SQL Server on $myServer"); 

//select a database to work with 
$selected = @mssql_select_db($myDB, $dbhandle) 
  or die("Couldn't open database $myDB"); 

//declare the SQL statement that will query the database 
$query = "SELECT id, name, year "; 
$query .= "FROM cars "; 
$query .= "WHERE name='BMW'"; 

//execute the SQL query and return records 
$result = @mssql_query($query); 

$numRows = mssql_num_rows($result); 
echo "<h1>" . $numRows . " Row" . ($numRows == 1 ? "" : "s") . " Returned </h1>"; 

//display the results 
while($row = mssql_fetch_array($result)) 
{ 
  echo "<li>" . $row["id"] . $row["name"] . $row["year"] . "</li>"; 
} 
//close the connection 
mssql_close($dbhandle); 
?>