PHP
Building ORACLE support into PHP
Some people can be frightened off by the thought of building a Linux web server from source, let alone adding PHP support. There are, of course, other options available such as packaged binary distributions of Apache, PHP, and Zend Core for ORACLE. But if building your own Apache installation from scratch is non-negotiable, then it's time to roll those sleeves up again.
In this article, we throw caution to the wind and go one step further and add ORACLE support into the mix. In for a penny, in for a pound as the saying goes!
For the benefit of Linux users who wish to build Apache and PHP from source, what follows is a cookbook approach to building and configuring Apache 2.2.3 and PHP 5.2.0 for use with a locally installed ORACLE database.