$serverName = "IP OF MY SERVER";
$connectionOptions = array(
    "Database" => "DB NAME",
    "Uid" => "USER",
    "PWD" => "PASSWORD"
);
//Establishes the connection
$conn = sqlsrv_connect($serverName, $connectionOptions);
//Select Query
$tsql = "SELECT @@Version as SQL_VERSION";
//Executes the query
$getResults = sqlsrv_query($conn, $tsql);
//Error handling

if ($getResults == FALSE)
    die(FormatErrors(sqlsrv_errors()));

sqlsrv_free_stmt($getResults);

function FormatErrors($errors) {
    /* Display errors. */
 /*   echo "Errors: <br/>";

    foreach ($errors as $error) {
        echo "SQLSTATE: " . $error['SQLSTATE'] . "<br/>";
        echo "Code: " . $error['code'] . "<br/>";
        echo "Message: " . $error['message'] . "<br/>";
    }
}