php SQLserver remote

I have been set with a task that I am not sure how to go about setting
up. I have a Sqlserver which has a bunch of crystal reports already
setup for it but what I have to do is get a local webapp setup to
view things from the sqlserver db, I use php most of the time but I
have yet to figure out how to go about starting this, I usually deal
with Mysql apache and php, and since this is sqlserver on a remote
machine here in the office I dont exactly know where to begin.

Should I use something else to access the DB like odbc with xml or
something I am not really sure, if you have any ideas let me know at
tan_man_82@hotmail.com

thanks



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