We are migrating from a Windows SBS 2011 to Windows Server 2012 R2.
We have an internal website that connects to our Oracle database using PHP.
I am trying to migrate this to the new server and so far I have:
- Installed IIS Server Role
- Installed PHP
- Downloaded Oracle Instant Client to C:\instantclient
- Added C:\instantclient to PATH System Variable
- Added php_oci8.dll to php.ini and checked that PHP is actually using this php.ini
- Restarted server
I am still getting error messages like oci_ commands not being recognised etc.
I'm lost. I've searched online and the instructions match what I have done from memory.
I haven't found a single thing online that I haven't done.
Depending on the version of InstantClient you have installed you might need to include the bin
folder in the path, like so:
C:\instantclient\bin
To check if the DLL files are available in the path enter where oci*.dll
in a command prompt. It should return a list of matching files.
Also, remember that just because your account can see the DLL files doesn't mean IIS/PHP can. That runs under a different account that might not have permission to access the files. Check your IIS error log and PHP php_errors.log
file for any specific error messages.
Edit
After a rather lengthy chat, the problem was resolved by:
- Updating the InstantClient from 10.1.0.5 to 10.2.0.5 (as mentioned in the module requirements: On Windows, the php_oci8 DLL needs Oracle client libraries from version 10gR2 or greater.)
- Adding a copy of
msvcr71.dll
to the InstantClient folder.
- Downloading and manually configuring PHP from php.net instead of using PHP Manager for IIS.
- Ensuring the
Path
environment variable correctly pointed to the InstantClient and PHP folders.
try this:
extension=php_oci8_12c.dll
(instead of php_oci8.dll) - that is what I am using and you probably downloaded the same instant client as I did.