ORACLE in Linux XAMPP (Ubuntu)

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Original Reference : https://medium.com/@arisandyrico/oracle-in-linux-xampp-aaefae236bd4

1. Install Oracle Instant Client
First you need to install Oracle Instant Client which you can find here https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/instant-client/downloads.html. Download at least for Basic with description OCI support, and SDK/Devel. For easy use, I download it RPM then install it using “alien” command.
( I Downloaded OL8 RPM )

sudo alien -i oracle-instantclient-basic-21.3.0.0.0-1.el8.x86_64.rpm 
sudo alien -i oracle-instantclient-devel-21.3.0.0.0-1.el8.x86_64.rpm

*note : -i for install

2. Setting ORACLE_HOME & LD_LIBRARY_PATH

nano ~/.bashrc

# Additional PATH
export ORACLE_HOME=/usr/lib/oracle/21/client64
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/oracle/21/client64/lib
export C_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/include/oracle/21/client64
# lampp Path
export PATH=$PATH:/opt/lampp/bin

3. Install OCI8
Then we need to download oci8 library here https://pecl.php.net/package/oci8

which phpize
*verify if phpize from lampp. output expected : /opt/lampp/bin/phpize

which pecl
*verify if phpize from lampp. output expected : /opt/lampp/bin/pecl

cd /opt/lampp/bin/
sudo ./pecl install oci8-2.2.0    # for php 7.4
# OR sudo ./pecl install oci8   # for php 8


4. Detect OCI8
usually it happen, if oci8 still not detected or instantclient not configured then verify using this command.

sudo ./lampp oci8

Edit file /opt/lampp/etc/php.ini to include line... extension=oci8.so

Then you can check using “phpinfo()” in your php file if oci8 is installed.