Can't find php_oci8.dll extension.

hpj911

Hi,

I recently installed php on my windows nt server, and the install went fine, until I tried to add the extension to access our oracle database. I first tried uncommenting the php_oracle.dll extension in php.ini, and this worked fine. I commented it back out, and tried to uncomment the php_oci8.dll extension, and I get a message that says it's unable to load it. The file is in the same directory as the php_oracle.dll, so I'm not sure what the problem is.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Thanks!

Lee

ps - Don't think it matters, but just in case, we do access the database from this machine through sqlnet without any difficulties. The database is an Oracle 7.3 db running on a solaris box.

hpj911

I'm still fighting with this, so I thought I'd bump the post just to see if anyone out there has any ideas.

yglodt

hi,

have you set up extension path correctly in php.ini, e.g.:

extension_dir = c:/php-4.2.3-Win32/extensions/

yves

hpj911

First thing I looked at. 🙁

Not only does it look fine in the .ini file, the error message actually shows the full path to the file, and it exists there. I checked the permissions on the file and they appear ok, as well. I'm wondering if the problem is an error of some other kind that is incorrectly generating this error?

Lee

piersk

did you use the install file (as in the .msi or the .exe) download? If you did, then uninstall it and re-install using the binary version. The .exe/.msi version is ok for beginners as it does everything for you, but if you want to use any of the extensions, then you're gonna have to use the binaries.

hpj911

A bit of both, actually. I did the .exe but had some issues with it, so I uninstalled and did the manual install. I'm not sure the uninstall got everything, though. I may try again, and check to make sure everything is removed. My biggest concern is that the auto install changed some setting somewhere, and the uninstall doesn't change it back. Worth a shot, though, as nothing seems to work.

Thanks,
Lee

piersk

I think the .exe puts things in c:\php, so it might be wise to just delete everything in this directory. Also, do a search for php.ini and delete that as well.

Once you've done all this, manually install PHP.