How does the absence of the "$conn" parameter in sqlsrv_query() affect the connection to the database in PHP?

The absence of the "$conn" parameter in sqlsrv_query() means that the function does not know which database connection to use, resulting in an error or failure to execute the query. To solve this issue, you need to pass the database connection variable as the first parameter in sqlsrv_query().

// Database connection
$serverName = "localhost";
$connectionOptions = array(
    "Database" => "your_database",
    "Uid" => "your_username",
    "PWD" => "your_password"
);
$conn = sqlsrv_connect($serverName, $connectionOptions);

// Query execution
$query = "SELECT * FROM your_table";
$result = sqlsrv_query($conn, $query);

// Process the query result
if($result === false) {
    die(print_r(sqlsrv_errors(), true));
}

while($row = sqlsrv_fetch_array($result, SQLSRV_FETCH_ASSOC)) {
    // Process each row
}

// Close the connection
sqlsrv_close($conn);