PHP + ORACLE + PEAR DB prob

[Anon]

Greetings,

Here is my platform:

OS: Solaris 8
Apache: 1.3.22
PHP: 4.1.2

Oracle: 8.1.7 (client install)

I am encountering a problem with utilizing the Pear DB module with Oracle. I attempt to connect to the database and receive the following error:
"DB Error: extension not found"

This occurs when it tests for the existence of the extension in DB::connect via the assertExtension method. This method returns false as it is determined that the extension is not loaded.

I am able to connect to Oracle using the Oracle provided API directly.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated....

Thanks,
Eric A

[Anon]

Eric,

that's not a pear nor an oracle problem:
your php is missing the oracle extension, that't what the error message says. Seems like you'll have to compile the oracle extension into php, using a switch like --with-oracle.

Good luck,

Steve

[Anon]

Steve,

Thanks much for your reply!!! I have just a few more tidbits that may be of use in figuring it out....

The regular oracle functions work wonderfully (in my compile I specified: --with-oracle=my/oracle/dir). I am currently using these native oracle functions for development, but prefer the abstracted database layer for obvious reasons.

The problem occurs when the DB mod attempts to bootstrap a shared object file. It searches for a module called oci8.so. I performed a search for oci8.so on the file system to no avail. Uggghhh!

Any help is greatly appreciated.....