I was fighting with php + Apache build/compilation with Oracle… Sometimes it finish well, sometime too, but sometimes former php’s pages didn’t connect with Oracle.

Just a look over documentation and everithing it’s clear:

  • php build/compiling with Oracle’s versions prior 7.3 must be done with --with-oracle=$PATH_TO_ORACLE_HOME
  • php build/compiling with Oracle’s versions after 7.3 must be done with --with-oci8=$PATH_TO_ORACLE_HOME

I hope this note would help some body else…