Re: Error when trying to connecting to an Oracle database

Hi Janet, This is a PHP 5 only function. Are you running PHP 5? If not, try using ocilogon() instead. If you are running 5, then maybe the Oracle library wasn't included when PHP was compiled. HTH, Tony On 9/26/06 2:13 PM, "Janet Smith" <jsmith7@isugw.indstate.edu> wrote: > I am trying to use a program written in PHP but connect to an Oracle > database. > > We have a function as follows: > > function dbconnect($db, $username, $password) > { > global $siteadmin; > global $db; > > // $bob = @mysql_connect($db, $username, $password); > //$bob= oci_connect($username, $password, $db); > // mysql_select_db($db, $bob); > $bob = oci_connect("xxxx", "zzzz", "devl"); > echo $bob; > return $bob; > } > > where xxxx is replaced with a username and zzzz is replaced with a > password. We get the following error: > > Fatal error: Call to undefined function: oci_connect() in > /www/WEBUSERS/ics2004/public_html/PHP/Project Manager/dba_copy(1).php on > line 52 > > Line 52 is $bob = oci_connect("xxxx", "zzzz", "devl"); > > Can anyone tell me why I am getting this error? > > Thanks > > > Jan Smith > Programmer Analyst > Indiana State University > Terre Haute, Indiana > Phone: (812) 237-8593 > Email: jsmith7@isugw.indstate.edu > > ****************************************************************************** > ************* > This email, and any attachments, thereto, is intended only for use by > the addressee(s) named herein and may contain privileged and/or > confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this > email, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or > copying of this email, and any attachments thereto, is strictly > prohibited. > ****************************************************************************** > *************