FW: [PHP] error connecting to oracle.

> > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gerald Roehrbein/Pctdmn [mailto:groehrbein@bigfoot.com] > > Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 10:50 AM > > To: Subodh Gupta > > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: RE: [PHP] error connecting to oracle. > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > at Solaris and Windows NT it's first necessary to install the > > Oracle Client > > software I think this goes for all operating systems. The libraries required are in oracle itself. No oracle, no libraries. > >and then to configure PHP properly the way it is documented! > > I've done until know only three PHP installations with Oracle > support but > > all three installations where very simple! > > > > Remember you have to set the Oracle Environmentvariables ($ORACLE_BASE, > > $ORACLE_HOME, $TNS<xyz>) before starting the WEB Server or PHP! For > > apchache you can do this in apachectl or a subroutine you call from > > apachectl. Be sure to set the appropriate user and group (who has the environment variables set) in httpd.conf > >In a windows environment you have to set the variables > > with the > > appropriate tools (System/Environment/Add Variables)! > > > > In my cases this was everything to do. Try your Oracle Client > > Installation > > with tnsping and sqlplus at your machine! This should work > before you try > > to configure PHP. > > > > best regards > > Gerald > > > Regards, Faisal ______________________________________