Oracle support under PHP / 8i or 9 and a RedHat 9 / Apache 1.3.X machine

Hi, I have a server (currently 7.1) with apache + php compiled with oracle (mcrypt, imap, gettext) support. In order to do so I've installed the 8i linux versions, make a tar.gz of the libs directory and installed in my server. I runs fine accessing a remote (not mantained by me) oracle database. I am planning to switch to a newer distribution and was considering the RH9 but with the "old" apache. Since I do not actually use Oracle (just enable php scripts to do so) I am kind of lost if the combo (old 8i libs with redhat 9) are stable enough or should I try a newer version, such as oracle 9. And in that case if PHP level of support is the same (oracle 8 or 9). Since the answer can be slighty OT fell free to send me directly. Thanks. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com