Bug #68645 [NEW]: Cannot load oci8 extension

From: tony at marston-home dot demon dot co dot uk Operating system: Windows 7 PHP version: 5.6.4 Package: OCI8 related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:Cannot load oci8 extension Description: ------------ I tried to re-open bug #68379 but it wouldn't let me. The error message said "•You aren't allowed to change a bug to that state.". I am running Windows 7 with Apache 2.4.10 and Oracle 11g. After upgrading my PHP version from 5.5.18 to 5.6.4 I can longer use the oci8 extension as my code fails with "Call to undefined function oci_connect()". When I run phpinfo() it shows that the oci8 extension is not loaded. When I look in the Apache error log it shows no errors. When I look in the Windows event viewer it also shows no errors. This was working perfectly with PHP 5.5.18, so why should a simple upgrade to 5.6.4 cause such a problem? I did not edit my php.ini file as I was using exactly the same settings as before. All I did was replace the PHP 5.5.18 code with that for 5.6.4 and this extension failed to work as I expected. Expected result: ---------------- I expect the oci8 extension to be loaded and usable. Actual result: -------------- The oci8 extension is not loaded, and there are no error messages explaining why. -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68645&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68645&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68645&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68645&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68645&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68645&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68645&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68645&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68645&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68645&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68645&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68645&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68645&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68645&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68645&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68645&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68645&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68645&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68645&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68645&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=68645&r=mysqlcfg