php and oracle 9i on Apache

dominant

I have installed Apache and Php as well as Oracle 9i. Now i am about to make the necessary adjustments.

What have i to do?

tsinka

Hi,

I had difficulties in finding the original thread, seems like you started a new one 🙂

First check if the environment variables are set like mentioned in one of my posts on the last thread.

The uncomment the following line in your php.ini:

;extension=php_oci8.dll

and restart the apache server. You should then be able to use the oci8 functions of php.

Thomas

dominant

I erased the previous thread, bacause the version of Oracle has been turned into 9i

You didn't observed the title 🙂

tsinka

Ok,

my fault 🙂

Did it work ?

dominant

I haven;t activate any extention yet. Which are the steps?

dominant

I checked the php.ini and it says ";Windows Extensions
;Note that MySQL and ODBC support is now built in, so no dll is needed for it."

I found

;extension=php_oci8.dll
;extension=php_openssl.dll
;extension=php_oracle.dll

But i cannot find any php_oci9.dll. Does php support Oracle 9i?

tsinka

Hi,

use php_oci8.dll, it's compatible to Oracle 9i

dominant

In that case the extensions are ready to run, aren't? But how could locate the directory of Oracle? And what is the elementary action i have to do in order to ensure that oracle connection is properly established. i.e In php you run the <? phpinfo() ?> to see if your settings are all right