Re: oci hell.

On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, yavo wrote: >On several occasions I had to install php with oci8 on redhat Linux (6.2) >with different versions of apache 1.12 - 1.17 with Oracle 8.1.6 client . >Every single time I get the same thing. Apache shows no errors, the apache >start script shows no errors but dies without an error. This only happens >when the oci8 extension is enabled.I've tried anything I could. I've put the >oracle variables in any place I could think of (except one) in the >environment rc files, in httpd.conf file with SetEnv directives and in the >apachestl file. The variables I export are ORACLE_HOME LD_LIBRARY_PATH and >ORACLE_SID . Can someone tell me what condition would cause oci8 to die. I'm >I doing something wrong. It's been many hours and I'm getting frustrated. > >I've tried the following things > Oracle Client 8.1.3 + Apache 1.17 | Apache 1.19 + Php 4.0.4pl1 | Php >4.0.3pl1 > Oracle Client 8.1.2 + Apache 1.14-5 (comes with RedHat 6.2) | Apache 1.19 + >Php 4.0.4pl1 Most likely your Apache isn't linked with libpthread. Check the manual page http://www.php.net/oci8 for information about how to link apache with phthread library. --Jani