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

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
Answers
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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).
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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
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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?
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just relaise one says thread-safe for apache and one says non-thread safe for iis