Setting up php OCI8 on Fedodra 15

Hi guys, some of you need to know about setting up your PHP on Fedora 15 to beable to be used to query Oracle database.

Here is the steps:

1. Make sure your "php-devel" package has been installed along with the dependencies. (Use Yum installation if you are not sure)

2. Install "instantclient-basic" and "instantclient-devel" from Oracle site.

     note: Choose the .rpm type of files and install them using "yum install local ...rpm"

3. Find and get the oci8 source file from: 

     http://pecl.php.net/package/oci8 (ie : oci8-1.4.5.tgz)

4. Extract the file at "/usr/lib/oracle/<VERSION>"

5. From command window, go to the extracted directory and type:

     "./configure --with-oci8=shared,instantclient,usr/lib/oracle/<VERSION>/client/lib"

6. Make

7. Make install

8. Add library shared object for PHP

    echo extension=oci8.so > /etc/php.d/oci8.ini

9. Restart the server

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