How to enable extensions for oci8 (Oracle) in php.ini - PHP Warning: PHP Startup: in Unknown on line 0

Question

I have Windows XP and recently I installed wamp (apache-mysql-php) 32-bit. I tested the installation (connect to mysql database with php and apache) and everything was working fine.

Now i need to connect to an Oracle database so I tried to enable some extensions related to Oracle and oci8.

And I did:

1) I opened php.ini file and I removed the semicolons before the following lines:

before:

;extension=php_oci8.dll
;extension=php_oci8_11g.dll

after:

 extension=php_oci8.dll
 extension=php_oci8_11g.dll

2) I restarted apache and all Services and i get a

• "PHP StartUp" Warning.

3) In php_error.log file I get:

 **PHP Warning:  PHP Startup:  in Unknown on line 0**

So, i thought that it would be a good idea to check where my extension php folder is and if those dll files are there.

In php.ini my extension folder is located at:

extension_dir = "C:/wamp/bin/php/php5.4.16/ext/"

The folder exists and both of these libraries (php_oci8.dll php_oci8_11g.dll) are inside that folder.

4) I added in my 'Path' system variable in Windows the following:

C:\wamp\bin\php\php5.4.16\ext;

5) I copied both of these dll files in Apache's folder but again it didn't work!

C:\wamp\bin\apache\Apache2.4.4\bin 

6) Also, I checked the phpinfo page and the only entry I get for "oci8" is the following:

Configure Command

 "--with-oci8=C:\php-sdk\oracle\instantclient10\sdk,shared" "--with-oci8-11g=C:\php-sdk\oracle\instantclient11\sdk,shared"

Hm...the following folders do not exist in my system:

C:\php-sdk\oracle\instantclient10\sdk
C:\php-sdk\oracle\instantclient11\sdk

So, what am I supposed to do next in order to correctly enable the oci8 extensions?

thanks

Answer 1

[SOLVED]

I downloaded the Instant Client Package - Basic (version 10.2.0.5) and I extracted it.

Afterwards I copied all the files of that package in the following folders:

C:/wamp/bin/php/php5.4.16/ext/
C:/wamp/bin/apache/Apache2.4.4/bin

It worked for me in this way. After that the oci8 module was loaded.