Configuring PHP with ORACLE 8i Support Page 2

SOLUTION:

In php-4.0.6/configure file, comment
out (#) lines between 34050 – 34068. and then write manually ORACLE_VERSION=8.1
to line 34070.

#echo $ac_n "checking Oracle version""... $ac_c" 1>&6 (34050. line)
#echo "configure:34052: checking Oracle version" >&5
#if test -s "$ORACLE_DIR/orainst/unix.rgs"; then
#ORACLE_VERSION=`grep '"ocommon"' $ORACLE_DIR/orainst/unix.rgs | sed 's/ */:/g' | cut -d: -f 6 | cut -c 2-4`
#test -z "$ORACLE_VERSION" && ORACLE_VERSION=7.3
#elif test -f $ORACLE_DIR/lib/libclntsh.s?.8.0; then
#ORACLE_VERSION=8.1
#elif test -f $ORACLE_DIR/lib/libclntsh.s?.1.0; then
#ORACLE_VERSION=8.0
#elif test -f $ORACLE_DIR/lib/libclntsh.a; then
#if test -f $ORACLE_DIR/lib/libcore4.a; then
#ORACLE_VERSION=8.0
#else
#ORACLE_VERSION=8.1
#fi
#else
#{ echo "configure: error: Oracle needed libraries not found"
        1>&2; exit 1; }
#fi
#echo "$ac_t""$ORACLE_VERSION" 1>&6
        (34068.line )
        ORACLE_VERSION=8.1
#(34070. line)

And also comment outlines between 31537 –
31555 and then write manually
ORACLE_VERSION=8.1 to line 31556.

      # echo $ac_n "checking Oracle
        version""... $ac_c" 1>&6 (31537. line)
#echo "configure:31539: checking Oracle version"
        >&5
# if test -s "$OCI8_DIR/orainst/unix.rgs"; then
# OCI8_VERSION=`grep '"ocommon"'
        $OCI8_DIR/orainst/unix.rgs | sed 's/ */:/g' | cut -d: -f 6 | cut -c 2-4`
# test -z "$OCI8_VERSION" && OCI8_VERSION=7.3
# elif test -f $OCI8_DIR/lib/libclntsh.s?.8.0; then
# OCI8_VERSION=8.1
# elif test -f $OCI8_DIR/lib/libclntsh.s?.1.0; then
# OCI8_VERSION=8.0
# elif test -f $OCI8_DIR/lib/libclntsh.a; then
# if test -f $OCI8_DIR/lib/libcore4.a; then
# OCI8_VERSION=8.0
# else
# OCI8_VERSION=8.1
# fi
#else
# { echo "configure: error: Oracle-OCI8 needed libraries not
        found" 1>&2; exit 1; }
# fi
# echo "$ac_t""$OCI8_VERSION" 1>&6
OCI8_VERSION=8.1
#(3156. line)

And finally issue following commands to finish:

 #make clean
 #./configure --with-oci8=/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.6 
      --with-apxs=/www/bin/apxs --enable-track-vars 
      --with-oracle=/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.6 --enable-sigchild
 #make
 #make install

After adding following lines to
httpd.conf file:

      AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
      AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps

And before restarting apache, apache must be
told where ORACLE LIB directory is. To accomplish this:

 #export $LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.6/lib

If your oracle lib dir is different
than /u01/app/oracle/product/8.1.6/lib change this with your
$ORACLE_HOME/lib
and restart Apache by issuing the apachectl restart command.

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