Date: Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:57:30 -0500 From: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Oracle, php and a Fog of Confusion oci_connect Message-ID: <200907012157.n61LvUgn094165@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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I have a fragment of php code which connects to an external
Oracle data base. It looks mostly like:
<?php
//open connection to database
$conn = oci_connect("db_name", "PASS_WORD",
"host.name.OKSTATE.EDU");
if (!$conn) {
$e = oci_error();
print htmlentities($e['message']);
exit;
}
?>
We have had php5 installed on the system in question for
a couple of years and just successfully installed
linux-oracle-instantclient-sqlplus.
The info from php says it understands shared libraries.
If I run the code fragment via php using a script
starting with
#! /usr/local/bin/php
I get
#
Fatal error: Call to undefined function oci_connect() in /usr/home/martin/tmp/qtest on line 4
I am not terribly surprised since, unless a shared library
changed, php is the same old php we have had all this time.
Basically, I am confused as to what I need to do next to
weld the tail on the donkey.:-) Somehow, this all has to fit
together to produce the connection to the Oracle server.
The linux-oracle-instantclient-sqlplus pkg-descr file
says:
Oracle instant client - SQLPlus distribution
Instant Client allows you to run your applications without installing
the standard Oracle client or having an ORACLE_HOME. OCI, OCCI, ODBC,
and JDBC applications work without modification, while using
significantly less disk space than before. Even SQL*Plus can be used
with Instant Client. No recompile, no hassle.
Any suggestion? Obviously the php application hasn't
gotten wind of the instantclient yet.
Martin McCormick
Systems Engineer
405 744-7572 Stillwater, OK
Information Technology Department
Telecommunications Services Group
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