[ANNOUNCEMENT] oci8-3.0.0 (stable) Released.

The new PECL package oci8-3.0.0 (stable) has been released at https://pecl.php.net/. Release notes ------------- This version is for PHP 8 only. Deprecated old OCI8 function aliases. (Jens de Nies) Removed obsolete no-op function oci_internal_debug(). (Jens de Nies) The OCI-Lob class is now called OCILob for standards compliance. The OCI-Collection class is now called OCICollection for standards compliance. Generate arginfo from function stubs. (Jens de Nies) Package Info ------------- The OCI8 extension let you access Oracle Database. Use 'pecl install oci8' to install for PHP 8. Use 'pecl install oci8-2.2.0' to install for PHP 7. Use 'pecl install oci8-2.0.12' to install for PHP 5.2 - PHP 5.6. Use 'pecl install oci8-1.4.10' to install for PHP 4.3.9 - PHP 5.1. The OCI8 extension can be linked with Oracle client libraries from Oracle Database 10.2 or later. These libraries are found in your database installation, or in the free Oracle Instant Client from https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/instant-client.html. Oracle's standard cross-version connectivity applies. For example, PHP OCI8 linked with Instant Client 19c can connect to Oracle Database 11.2 onward. See Oracle's note "Oracle Client / Server Interoperability Support" (ID 207303.1) for details. Related Links ------------- Package home: https://pecl.php.net/package/oci8 Changelog: https://pecl.php.net/package-changelog.php?package=oci8 Download: https://pecl.php.net/get/oci8-3.0.0.tgz Authors ------------- Antony Dovgal (lead) Christopher Jones <christopher.jones@oracle.com> (lead) Wez Furlong <wez@php.net> (lead) Andi Gutmans <andi@zend.com> (lead) Tianfang Yang <tianfang.yang@oracle.com> (lead)