How To Install oci8 for EA-PHP through command line

Introduction

The PHP extension oci8 is not part of EasyApache 4. To install the oci8 extension, you'll need to satisfy the oci8 dependencies. Once this has been installed you'll need to use PECL to install the module.

Procedure

1. Download the latest Oracle Instant Client RPMs for your operating system.
   • CloudLinux 6

     rpm -Uvh https://download.oracle.com/otn_software/linux/instantclient/185000/oracle-instantclient18.5-basic-18.5.0.0.0-3.x86_64.rpm https://download.oracle.com/otn_software/linux/instantclient/185000/oracle-instantclient18.5-devel-18.5.0.0.0-3.x86_64.rpm

   • CentOS/CloudLinux 7 servers

     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

   • AlmaLinux 8

     rpm -Uhv https://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL8/oracle/instantclient21/x86_64/getPackage/oracle-instantclient-devel-21.5.0.0.0-1.x86_64.rpm https://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL8/oracle/instantclient21/x86_64/getPackage/oracle-instantclient-basic-21.5.0.0.0-1.x86_64.rpm

2. Install the oci8 extension using the PECL command for your PHP version.

   • ea-php54-pecl install oci8-2.0.12

   • ea-php55-pecl install oci8-2.0.12

   • ea-php56-pecl install oci8-2.0.12

   • ea-php70-pecl install oci8-2.2.0

   • ea-php71-pecl install oci8-2.2.0

   • ea-php72-pecl install oci8-2.2.0

   • ea-php73-pecl install oci8-2.2.0

   • ea-php74-pecl install oci8-2.2.0

   • ea-php80-pecl install oci8-3.0.1

   • ea-php81-pecl install oci8-3.2.1

   • ea-php82-pecl install oci8

After installing the extension, execute permissions must be set on the installed extension:

chmod +x /opt/cpanel/ea-php81/root/usr/lib64/php/modules/oci8.so

Additional resources

Oracle Instant Client Download page

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