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Solve PHP to Oracle connection problem

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Prize: $50
Entries Received: 3

Contest Brief

QUICK JOB: PHP on Apache is showing an error connecting to Oracle DB. The same machine connecting to Oracle from the CLI (shell) is fine but inside Apache an error comes up when using oci_pconnect()

Sqlplus works fine, as does using php from the shell, so Oracle is listening. The paths below contain files also. Operating system is Centos and Oracle 11

The error is:

ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1/lib:/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1/rdbms/lib:/lib:/usr/lib
A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: oci_pconnect(): OCIEnvNlsCreate() failed. There is something wrong with your system - please check that ORACLE_HOME and LD_LIBRARY_PATH are set and point to the right directories

Filename: models/mhl_model.php

Line Number: 85

A PHP Error was encountered

Severity: Warning

Message: oci_pconnect(): Error while trying to retrieve text for error ORA-01804

Filename: models/mhl_model.php

Line Number: 85

Unable to connect to database -

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OscarR
- 11 years ago
Please check 1) if the ORACLE_HOME is readable by Apache. 2) Try to become apache user (ex. su - apache) and see if there any error message. 3 ) Create a shell for apache user (if any error on step 2) 4) Chek the Oracle community , I hope it helps you.
- 11 years ago
Contest Holder
- 11 years ago
SOLVED: export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1/lib:/lib:/usr/lib
export ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/11.2.0/db_1

at the end of /etc/sysconfig/httpd.conf
- 11 years ago
Imara Software Solutions
- 11 years ago
hey. is it in your localhost or the webserver?
- 11 years ago
mnzl16
- 11 years ago
could you please show me the source code?
- 11 years ago