install Oracle PHP Extension (oracle OCI8) - instantclient for Mac OS 10.8 - homebrew environnement

macosx-install-php-oracle-oci8.md

Installation

This procedure is tested on Mac OS X 10.8 with Developpers tools installed (xCode).

PHP 5.4 installed with Homebrew.

Update: I wrote a blog post about this.

Preparation

Download the following files from Oracle website (yes, you need to create an account and accept terms):

• instantclient-basic-macos.x64-11.2.0.3.0.zip
• instantclient-sqlplus-macos.x64-11.2.0.3.0.zip
• instantclient-sdk-macos.x64-11.2.0.3.0.zip

Create and unzip all theses files into a the directory /usr/local/instantclient/11.2.0.3/. This directory will looks like:

.
├── BASIC_README
├── SQLPLUS_README
├── adrci
├── genezi
├── glogin.sql
├── libclntsh.dylib.11.1
├── libnnz11.dylib
├── libocci.dylib.11.1
├── libociei.dylib
├── libocijdbc11.dylib
├── libsqlplus.dylib
├── libsqlplusic.dylib
├── ojdbc5.jar
├── ojdbc6.jar
├── sdk
│   ├── SDK_README
│   ├── demo
│   ├── include
│   ├── ott
│   └── ottclasses.zip
├── sqlplus
├── uidrvci
└── xstreams.jar

Create symlinks

   ln -s /usr/local/instantclient/11.2.0.3/sdk/include/*.h /usr/local/include/
   ln -s /usr/local/instantclient/11.2.0.3/sqlplus /usr/local/bin/
   ln -s /usr/local/instantclient/11.2.0.3/*.dylib /usr/local/lib/
   ln -s /usr/local/instantclient/11.2.0.3/*.dylib.11.1 /usr/local/lib/
   ln -s /usr/local/lib/libclntsh.dylib.11.1 /usr/local/lib/libclntsh.dylib

Test with sqlplus instantclient

I recommand to install Oracle Server with a VirtualBox VM preinstalled.

   /usr/local/bin/sqlplus oracle/oracle@192.168.56.101

Install extension with pecl

   pecl install oci8

If the script prompt you to provide the path to ORACLE_HOME directory, respond with:

instantclient,/usr/local/lib

And your are done, normally pecl will automatically load the extension in your php.ini. If not, add the following line to your php.ini:

extension=oci8.so

Restart your HTTP Server and test.

Enjoy (or try to...) !

I've installed oracle instant client on El Capitan and am up and running, but it took me quite a part of the day...

For oracle instant client version 12.1.0.2 on El Capitan, the symlinks are slightly different:

sudo mkdir /usr/local/instantclient
sudo mkdir /usr/local/instantclient/12.1.0.2
sudo ln -s /usr/local/instantclient/12.1.0.2/sdk/include/*.h /usr/local/include/
sudo ln -s /usr/local/instantclient/12.1.0.2/sqlplus /usr/local/bin/
sudo ln -s /usr/local/instantclient/12.1.0.2/*.dylib /usr/local/lib/
sudo ln -s /usr/local/instantclient/12.1.0.2/*.dylib.12.1 /usr/local/lib/
sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/libclntsh.dylib.12.1 /usr/local/lib/libclntsh.dylib

A couple things I've found:

• installed/update re2c with homebrew, to get rid of the re2c warning: http://macappstore.org/re2c/
• I'm running PHP 5.5 on El Capitan, you now need to define which oci8 version you need. The newest is for PHP7. For PHP 5.2-5.6 you need 2.0.11 at the moment. (found at https://pecl.php.net/package/oci8)

sudo pecl install -f oci8-2.0.11

• phpize didn't seem to work, check below how to check this (it didn't show PHP Api version etc), so I had to install/update xcode command line: xcode-select --install

running: phpize
grep: /usr/include/php/main/php.h: No such file or directory
grep: /usr/include/php/Zend/zend_modules.h: No such file or directory
grep: /usr/include/php/Zend/zend_extensions.h: No such file or directory
Configuring for:
PHP Api Version:
Zend Module Api No:
Zend Extension Api No:

• When you get an permission error when writing the oci8.so file, El Capitan's 'System Integrety Protection' is holding you back. See this post to fix it (it's about another PECL extension, but the workaround is the exact same: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/34850904/error-failed-to-write-failed-to-open-stream-pecl-install-oauth-on-mac-osx-el)

thaaank you so much! work for me on Sierra