Re: oci8 client libraries

On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Vince LaMonica wrote: > On 2000-08-22, tc lewis stated: > > } are you guys seriously telling me that i need to install the full oracle > } 8i distribution on all/any webservers that want to use php connecting to > } an oracle db (via oci i suppose--not odbc)? why does oracle have to suck > } so much? ugh. > > You need to install the Oracle 8i *client* on your machine that has > php4 on it if you want to use the OCI extensions. This is true for all > commercial databases supported by php4. php4 uses the libraries that come > with the database clients, so unless those libraries are installed, no > rdbms will work. > > Luckily, due to mysql's open source nature, php4 can include mysql support > built in. Oracle 8i client is a free upgrade via their w3 site. I think > the reason that php4 doesn't come bundled with the needed commercial rdbms > libraries is due to licensing issues [i assume; perhaps Rasmus could > clarify]. right, but i thought someone was just saying that the oracle 8i development library installation doesn't actually install the necessary development libraries, and so one actually has to install the entire oracle package set in order to get the proper libraries out of it to build and use php with it. am i wrong? i sure hope so. -tcl.