I'm lost !

[Anon]

Hello!

I'm sure u can help me, i'm completly lost!please send-me mail at 12345@meloo.com.

I've a compute with Linux RedHat
Apache was installed during linux install.
I can write simple php page.
But i can't connect to a Oracle database.
So i decided to install oracle (client-side) on this computer. but connection php-oracle doesn't work.
I think I should modify php3.ini but where ? and what ?

I think I should uninstall Apache but it's impossible to find where it was installed.

Can I install a new version of Apache on the same computer ?

What I must download
- Apache (version?)
- PHP...?
- Oracle libs...?
And should i download RPM packages or source code and compile the code ? How to compile ?

bye

Sylvain

PS: sorry for my english.... not my native language!

[jmugambi]

yes, you probably would need to compile php from source.
How to compile:
get the latest source code from http://www.php.net
after uncompressing the source, go to the source root directory and do

./configure --help

This will give you a list of options that you can compile with including Oracle support. You will need to specify the path where oracle has been installed in.

I have not installed php with oracle support before, but you probably would follow the above procedure

[Anon]

Look at the articles section of this site, There's an article specifically on compiling PHP with Oracle support.