OCI Connect Issue at Windows Server 2012 with PHP

Question

OCI Connect

Based upon the above, it states that one should avoid OCI connection on Windows. Have someone configured it on Windows? I have gone through all other threads, this and this, using Windows Server 2012 with PHP 5.6 and Oracle 11g but still having issue:

Call to undefined function oci_connect()

I have set the path: c:/instantclient_12_1

Under php.ini, one can see:

;extension=php_oci8.dll
extension=php_oci8_11g.dll

while under /php/ext

there is only file: php_oci8_12c.dll

This is the output of phpinfo() to show configure command:

cscript /nologo configure.js "--enable-snapshot-build" "--disable-isapi" "--enable-debug-pack" "--without-mssql" "--without-pdo-mssql" "--without- pi3web" "--with-pdo-oci=c:\php-sdk\oracle\x86\instantclient_12_1\sdk,shared" "--with-oci8-12c=c:\php-sdk\oracle\x86\instantclient_12_1\sdk,shared" "--enable-object-out-dir=../obj/" "--enable-com-dotnet=shared" "--with-mcrypt=static" "--without-analyzer" "--with-pgo"

What is the reason of an error undefined function oci_connect()?

Answer 1

Try using following:

extension=php_oci8_12c.dll

in your php.ini, in my case (Windows Server 2008, PHP 5.6) that helped.