1The OCI8 Extension 2------------------ 3 4Use the OCI8 extension to access Oracle Database. 5 6Documentation is at http://php.net/oci8 7 8Use 'pecl install oci8' to install for PHP 7. 9 10Use 'pecl install oci8-2.0.12' to install for PHP 5.2 - PHP 5.6. 11 12Use 'pecl install oci8-1.4.10' to install for PHP 4.3.9 - PHP 5.1. 13 14The OCI8 extension needs to be linked with Oracle 12, 11, or 10.2 15client libraries. These libraries are found in your database 16installation, or in the free Oracle Instant Client from 17http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/features/instant-client/ 18Install the 'Basic' or 'Basic Lite' Instant Client package. If 19building from source, then also install the SDK package. 20 21Oracle's standard cross-version connectivity applies. For example, 22PHP OCI8 linked with Instant Client 11.2 can connect to Oracle 23Database 9.2 onward. See Oracle's note "Oracle Client / Server 24Interoperability Support" (ID 207303.1) for details. 25
