Setting up PHP to use Oracle Instant Client (oci8) under RHEL/Fedora/CentOS distributions
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Currently, there is not an RPM package available under the RHEL/Fedora/CentOS distributions that gives you a quick and easy way to allow PHP to interface with Oracle. As a result, I have included a set of instructions on how to do this with minimal time and effort.
To complete the steps, you you will need to get the Oracle Instant Client and the OCI8 PECL package.
Oracle Instant Client: http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/tech/oci/instantclient/htdocs/linuxsoft.html
PECL OCI8 Package: http://pecl.php.net/package/oci8
1) Install Apache, PHP, the Oracle Instant Client MySQL support if you want it and required development packages to build from source code.
yum install httpd php php-mysql php-pear php-devel zlib zlib-devel
yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
2) Add the Oracle instant client to dynamic linker
echo /usr/include/oracle/ON>/client > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/oracle_client.conf
ldconfig -v
3) Untar the PECL package and prepare it for compiling
tar -xzvf oci-.tgz
cd oci-
phpize
4) Configure the PECL package as a shared object using the instant client and specifying where the Oracle client libraries are. Then build and install it.
./configure --with-oci8=shared,instantclient,/usr/lib/oracle/N>/client/lib
make
make install
5) Add the library shared object for PHP
echo extension=oci8.so > /etc/php.d/oci8.ini
6) Start Apache
'service httpd start' _or_ '/etc/init.d/httpd restart'
7) Create a PHP info page and checked to see if the Oracle (oci8) driver is listed:
echo > /var/www/html/phpinfo.php
To complete the steps, you you will need to get the Oracle Instant Client and the OCI8 PECL package.
Oracle Instant Client: http://www.oracle.com/tech
PECL OCI8 Package: http://pecl.php.net/packag
1) Install Apache, PHP, the Oracle Instant Client MySQL support if you want it and required development packages to build from source code.
yum install httpd php php-mysql php-pear php-devel zlib zlib-devel
yum groupinstall "Development Tools"
2) Add the Oracle instant client to dynamic linker
echo /usr/include/oracle/ON>/cl
ldconfig -v
3) Untar the PECL package and prepare it for compiling
tar -xzvf oci-.tgz
cd oci-
phpize
4) Configure the PECL package as a shared object using the instant client and specifying where the Oracle client libraries are. Then build and install it.
./configure --with-oci8=shared,instant
make
make install
5) Add the library shared object for PHP
echo extension=oci8.so > /etc/php.d/oci8.ini
6) Start Apache
'service httpd start' _or_ '/etc/init.d/httpd restart'
7) Create a PHP info page and checked to see if the Oracle (oci8) driver is listed:
echo > /var/www/html/phpinfo.php
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