Comments on: Redundancy in PHP DB drivers http://fabrizioballiano.net/2007/06/14/redundancy-in-php-db-drivers/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:05:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Fabrizio Balliano http://fabrizioballiano.net/2007/06/14/redundancy-in-php-db-drivers/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Fabrizio Balliano Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:29:17 +0000 http://www.fabrizioballiano.net/2007/06/14/redundancy-in-php-db-drivers/#comment-61 @Mariano: :-))) ma non dovevi essere in ferie tu? che ci fai connesso!? :)) @Mariano: :-))) ma non dovevi essere in ferie tu? che ci fai connesso!? :))

]]> By: Mariano http://fabrizioballiano.net/2007/06/14/redundancy-in-php-db-drivers/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Mariano Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:23:53 +0000 http://www.fabrizioballiano.net/2007/06/14/redundancy-in-php-db-drivers/#comment-60 Grande Fabry, picchia duro! Grande Fabry, picchia duro!

]]> By: Fabrizio Balliano http://fabrizioballiano.net/2007/06/14/redundancy-in-php-db-drivers/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Fabrizio Balliano Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:27:37 +0000 http://www.fabrizioballiano.net/2007/06/14/redundancy-in-php-db-drivers/#comment-59 @cj: same funcitonality but also same code? and anyway 4 names (or the doc is wrong)... 4 names for 2 things is confusing and the obsolete ones should be removed IMHO. @cj: same funcitonality but also same code? and anyway 4 names (or the doc is wrong)… 4 names for 2 things is confusing and the obsolete ones should be removed IMHO.

]]> By: cj http://fabrizioballiano.net/2007/06/14/redundancy-in-php-db-drivers/comment-page-1/#comment-58 cj Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:32:21 +0000 http://www.fabrizioballiano.net/2007/06/14/redundancy-in-php-db-drivers/#comment-58 First there was 'ora', the original Oracle extension. It has been "removed" and is no longer shipped with PHP 5. Then came 'oci8', which was refactored for PHP 5.1.2. (Anyone using oci8 with any PHP 4.x should update to the latest oci8 code from PECL or pecl4win). Then came PDO_OCI. On Windows PDO_OCI is prebuilt as php_pdo_oci.dll for users with Oracle 10g client libraries, and as php_pdo_oci8.dll for users with Oracle 8 or 9 libraries. Both DLLs have the same functionality. See http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/php/pdf/underground-php-oracle-manual.pdf So you actually only have two Oracle drivers. First there was ‘ora’, the original Oracle extension. It has been “removed” and is no longer shipped with PHP 5.

Then came ‘oci8′, which was refactored for PHP 5.1.2. (Anyone using oci8 with any PHP 4.x should update to the latest oci8 code from PECL or pecl4win).

Then came PDO_OCI. On Windows PDO_OCI is prebuilt as php_pdo_oci.dll for users with Oracle 10g client libraries, and as php_pdo_oci8.dll for users with Oracle 8 or 9 libraries. Both DLLs have the same functionality.

See http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/php/pdf/underground-php-oracle-manual.pdf

So you actually only have two Oracle drivers.

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