Topcat,
PHP quite happily connects to MS Access, and just about every other database you can think of. Please do some research before posting false information which may mislead others about PHP's abilities or limitations.
albaity,
You need to use the Unified ODBC functions. Read the following article for an introduction to using Access with PHP.
http://phpbuilder.com/columns/siddarth20000228.php3
-geoff