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For this you will need to get the Oracle instant client and the OCi8 pecl package.

Install Apache, PHP, the Oracle instant client, MySQL support if you want it and packages to build from source code.

yum install httpd php php-mysql php-pear php-develyum groupinstall “Development Tools”

Add the library config for php

echo extension=oci8.so > /etc/php.d/oci8.ini

Add the Oracle instant client to dynamic linker

echo /usr/include/oracle/VERSION/client > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/oracle_client.conf
ldconfig -v

Untar the PECL package and prepare it for compiling

tar -xzvf oci-VERSION.tgz
cd oci-VERSION
phpize

Configure the PECL package as a shared object using the instant client and specifing were the Oracle client libraries are. Then build and install it.

./configure –with-oci8=shared,instantclient,/usr/lib/oracle/VERSION/client/lib
make
make install

Start Apache

service httpd start

Create a php info page and checked to see if oci8 is there

echo <? phpinfo(); ?> > /var/www/html/phpinfo.php