[Resolved] Newbie ?: PHP + Oracle on difference machine

[Mykeey]

I am new to PHP and I was wondering if there is something special I need to do to talk to an Oracle machine that does not reside on the same machine PHP does. What to do?

Thanks.

[stolzyboy]

well you would still want to have PHP configured/compiled to use Oracle functions and then check on the server that Oracle is on to make sure it takes external connections (other than localhost connections)

[Mykeey]

sorry for this stupid question but could you provide some kinda of direction on how to compile PHP for Oracle instruction eventhough I do not Oracle installed on this machine. thanks...

[stolzyboy]

something like this

cd to php source directory
./configure --with-oci8=$ORACLE_HOME (and the other options you require
- there will be a README to read)
make
make install

just start googling on how to compile PHP for oracle, this will get you tons of results, you'll just have to dig

[Mykeey]

Thanks.