Re: Compiling support on a database that's not installed on the same server
| From: | Rasmus Lerdorf | Date: | Mon, 24 Jul 2000 01:05:58 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Compiling support on a database that's not installed on the same server | ||
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> I'm trying to compile PHP with oracle support but Oracle is only
> installed on a different server and I don't have a license to install
> it on more than 1 server. I initially thought that only static
> compilation is used when linking to the Oracle libraries hence tried a
> workaround by mounting the directory that Oracle was installed on the
> DB server via samba. It compiled alright, but I can't seem to run the
> httpd daemon when I unmount the directory. Does this mean that
> whatever databases PHP is compiled to support must necessarily be
> installed on the same machine? Somebody please help...
No, but you must have at least the client libraries and header files
available. We could not possibly ship these with PHP.
-Rasmus