MS Windows 2012 server + version of php/oracle client instant client to use

user5716448

Hi,

We have access to a new test server and wish to install php and oracle client or instant client.

It will have to access a oracle 11.2.0.3 database.

What is the recommended version of php oracle client/instant client to use.

Also should we use 64-bit?

Thanks

Christopher Jones-Oracle

Use PHP 7 with the latest Instant Client.  I haven't seen comments either way about Windows PHP 7 32-bit vs 64-bit.  In older PHP versions only 32-bit worked.  Just make sure to be consistent about all the bitness of all components (web server, PHP, Instant Client).

user5716448

Thanks for advice.

Would that be

PHP 7.0 (7.0.19) as opposed to 7.15  from the site PHP For Windows: Binaries and sources Releases  and

plan use 64-bit for both given a 64-bit server.

and

Version 12.2.0.1.0

Instant Client Package - Basic: All files required to run OCI, OCCI, and JDBC-OCI applications instantclient-basic-windows.x64-12.2.0.1.0.zip (75,062,441 bytes) (cksum - 1462971172)

Just a few questions

1) Any reason not to use 7.1 - this looks to be latest release, often .1 releases  of other software recommended above base .0 release

2)  assume oci8 is bundled with the php 7 release and would that oci8 version be able to talk to  such a new oracle client version?

3) If needed to get the very latest oci8.dll would we just need tp download the 2.1.4 version form  https://pecl.php.net/package/oci8 and uncomment the extesnion in the php.ini

Notice mentions in the readme pecl install oci8-2.0.12 - assume this just for non-windows platforms.

Given that we are using windows can we just simply dowonload the dll and uncomment the extensuion in the php.in?

Thanks

user5716448

Also when look at the php downloads page there tends to be two near identical downloads available of both 7.1 and 7.0 seconds apart both x64- do you know why this is and what is difference between them?

user5716448

just relaise one says thread-safe for apache and one says non-thread safe for iis