"$dbname", "UID" => "$username", "PWD" => "$password", "CharacterSet" => "UTF-8"); $conn = sqlsrv_connect($hostname, $connectionInfo); if ($conn === false) { die(print_r(sqlsrv_errors(), true)); } $sql = "SELECT DISTINCT [project_id],[project_name],[Project_Table].[category_id],[category_name] FROM [21000X].[dbo].[Project_Table] INNER JOIN [Construction_Category] ON [Project_Table].[category_id] = [Construction_Category].[category_id] WHERE [Project_Table].[category_id] IN (".$category_id.");"; $fetchResult = sqlsrv_query($conn, $sql); while ($row = sqlsrv_fetch_array($fetchResult, SQLSRV_FETCH_ASSOC)) { array_push($array ,$row); } echo json_encode($array,JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE); } else { die("post error!"); } ?>