[Phpug] PHP with Oracle...

[Kae Verens]

Gareth Eason wrote:
> 	   Hi,
> 
> 	I'm running some Oracle 9i databases and wish to access them using PHP. 
> (4.3 would be good, since that's what comes with RH ES/AS (php-4.3.9-3.22) )
> 
> 	I have a Oracle client installation on the machines in question, and 
> once I get over the hurdle of getting a connection, I'm good to do - but 
> I cannot seem to find a howto detailing the initial steps. I've tried 
> instantclient_10_2, but documentation is vague on whether that will even 
> work with a 9i database.
> 
> 	Anyone out there using an Oracle 9i database with PHP? Any help / ideas 
> / thoughts / suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

have you tried Pear's DB abstraction layer?
http://pear.php.net/package/DB - claims support for oci8 at least.
or even http://pear.php.net/package/MDB2

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