How to connect php application to oracle db on rhel 7.9

My php project uses oracle db and it runs on Linux environment. I believe I need to download oci8 for Linux but I can't find this version of oci8 [php-oci8-5.4.16-48.el7.rpm] anywhere. Can anyone have any clue to solve this issue? Any link/document? Please Help

Solution 1:

based on this manual on php web site you should use pecl

Run

pecl install oci8

Edit your php.ini file and add the line:

extension=oci8.so

In case of problem follow this answer:

For anyone stumbling upon this question, here is the proper way to handle it in linux. (I am using CentOS commands for the demo below but Ubnutu shouldn't be any different) step 1: get oracle libs

EDIT: Thanks to Christopher Jones for the comment, you can find the direct rpm links at https://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL7/oracle/instantclient/x86_64/

wget oracle-instantclient18.3-basic-18.3.0.0.0-1.x86_64.rpm 
wget oracle-instantclient18.3-devel-18.3.0.0.0-1.x86_64.rpm 

step 2: install

yum install oracle-instantclient18.3-basic-18.3.0.0.0-1.x86_64.rpm
yum install  oracle-instantclient18.3-devel-18.3.0.0.0-1.x86_64.rpm 

step 3: configure (make the path of the oracle libs to be discoverable)

sudo sh -c "echo /usr/lib/oracle/18.3/client64/lib > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/oracle.conf"
sudo ldconfig