How To Install oci8 for EA-PHP

Introduction

The PHP extension oci8 is not part of EasyApache 4 and will need to be installed manually using pecl.

Procedure

1. Download the latest Oracle Instant Client RPMs which are needed to satisfy all dependencies.

rpm -Uvh https://download.oracle.com/otn_software/linux/instantclient/19800/oracle-instantclient19.8-basic-19.8.0.0.0-1.x86_64.rpm https://download.oracle.com/otn_software/linux/instantclient/19800/oracle-instantclient19.8-devel-19.8.0.0.0-1.x86_64.rpm

If the URLs above return a 404 you'll need to visit the Oracle Instant Client Download page and update the URL accordingly.

2. Install the oci8 extension using pecl.

PHP 5.4 to 5.6

ea-php54-pecl install oci8-2.0.12

ea-php55-pecl install oci8-2.0.12

ea-php56-pecl install oci8-2.0.12

PHP 7.0 and above

ea-php70-pecl install oci8

ea-php71-pecl install oci8

ea-php72-pecl install oci8

ea-php73-pecl install oci8

ea-php74-pecl install oci8