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<h1 class="title">Oracle Functions (PDO_OCI)</h1>
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<h2 class="title">Introduction</h2>
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<div class="warning"><strong class="warning">Warning</strong><p class="simpara">This extension is
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PDO_OCI is a driver that implements the <a href="intro.pdo.html" class="link">PHP Data
Objects (PDO) interface</a>
to enable access from PHP to Oracle databases through the OCI library.
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<h2 class="title">Installation</h2>
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Use <strong class="option configure">--with-pdo-oci[=DIR]</strong>
to install
the PDO Oracle OCI extension, where the optional <em>[=DIR]</em>
is the Oracle Home directory. <em>[=DIR]</em> defaults to
the <var class="varname"><var class="varname">$ORACLE_HOME</var></var> environment variable.
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Use <strong class="option configure">--with-pdo-oci=instantclient,prefix,version</strong>
for an Oracle Instant Client <acronym>SDK</acronym>, where prefix and
version are configured.
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// Using $ORACLE_HOME
$ ./configure --with-pdo-oci
// Using OIC for Linux with 10.2.0.3 RPMs with a /usr prefix
$ ./configure --with-pdo-oci=instantclient,/usr,10.2.0.3
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