On Dec 10, 2007, at 16:42, John Korchok wrote:
I had no errors or other problems installing the "oracle- instantclient" port or the "php5 +oracle" port. Thanks Ryan!
Oh good!
I am assuming I still need to modify php.ini to point at oci8.so, but I can't find it (oci8.o is there). I did find the libraries under lib/ oracle.
Nope, nothing needs to be done in that regard. There is no oci8.so or any other separate file. The oci8 functions have simply been compiled into php and libphp5.so.
http://www.php.net/oci8 is just baffling. It reads like a pile of potentially useful but untested information. Using the Instant Client (as they recommend) does not create an oracle user or group, as far as I can tell.
I didn't program any user or group creation into the oracle- instantclient portfile, no. Should I have? What would that user/group be used for? The page is certainly Greek to me, since I haven't used Oracle.