Connecting SQL Server to laravel as a second database - sql-server

Question

I have laravel 5.8 setup and working with MySQL. I need to connect a second database (SQL Server).
I have the following in my .env file
DB_EXT_CONNECTION=sqlsrv
DB_EXT_HOST=0.0.0.0
DB_EXT_PORT=1433
DB_EXT_DATABASE=database
DB_EXT_USERNAME=user
DB_EXT_PASSWORD=password
database.php
'sqlsrv' => [
'driver' => 'sqlsrv',
'url' => env(''),
'host' => env('DB_HOST', '0.0.0.0'),
'port' => env('DB_PORT', '1433'),
'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'database'),
'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'user'),
'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', 'password'),
'charset' => 'utf8',
'prefix' => '',
'prefix_indexes' => true,
],
I am running xampp and have the following dll's installed
extension=php_pdo_sqlsrv_73_ts.dll
extension=php_sqlsrv_73_ts.dll
I keep getting
SQLSTATE[HY000]: [Microsoft][ODBC Driver 11 for SQL Server]Protocol error in TDS stream (SQL:select * from [dbo].[t_people]) (View: C:\xampp\htdocs
I have
$users = DB::connection('sqlsrv')->table('dbo.t_people')->select('*')->get();
in my blade template.

Answer 1

Change all the DB_DATABASE from your config file to DB_EXT_DATABASE, as you wrote in your .env file.
Try instead of
$users = DB::connection('sqlsrv')->table('dbo.t_people')->select('*')->get();
do the
$users = DB::connection('sqlsrv')->table('t_people')->select('*')->get();
And don't do it in your blade files, do it in controller.