Re: Oracle 7 support

Well, I will spread some light - I maintain OCI8 extension :) Your machine does not need Oracle Server installed, it needs Oracle Client installed. These are two completely different things. So, try this in your command prompt: echo $ORACLE_HOME if you get a result, means the client is there and you can recompile php --with-oci8=$ORACLE_HOME That will compile the OCI8 extension with all the required headers. Cheers, -- Maxim Maletsky maxim@php.net "@ Edwin" <copperwalls@hotmail.com> wrote... : > Hello, > > First, let me just say that I'm no Oracle guru. :) But while we're waiting > for them... > > "Ford, Mike [LSS]" <M.Ford@lmu.ac.uk> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Dan Field [mailto:danf@ceredigion.gov.uk] > > > Sent: 12 November 2002 13:39 > > ...[snip]... > > > > That is great news, thanks Mike. My second problem then lies with my > > > current PHP Setup. I have been using the binary RPMs from RedHat up to > > > now, which do not sem to have been compiled with the Oracle > > > functionality included. If I recompile PHP, will I need the Oracle > > > headers on the machine also? If so this could be a problem as > > > the Oracle > > > server I wish to use is not on the same machine as the webserver. > > > > Sorry, I can't help with this one as I'm not the administrator of our main > Unix > > server, and my test server is Windows so I used the pre-compiled binaries. > > > > But hopefully one of the Oracle gurus on this list will spring to your > aid! > > > > *I think* you need to have Oracle installed even if you wouldn't really > connect to it but instead connect to a different server. Since I installed > Oracle with most of the Linux installations that I did, I haven't really > tried enabling Oracle support in PHP without Oracle on the same server. In > other words, I haven't really tried configuring --with-oci8 without > supplying the path (e.g. --with-oci8=/path/to/oracle/ ). > > PHP will look for the needed file when configuring so I don't think you can > really get away without installing Oracle first. (Of course, you can just > try to find out what files are needed, ask a friend to give you a copy, > "trick" php that it exists, etc.--it might not work though...) > > Anyway, if you need Oracle, try the OTN site. There's one that you can use > for development. > > - E > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >