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From: Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de>
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Subject: Re: PHP can't find shared library although it's right there
Date: Tue, 25 May 2021 18:22:42 +0200
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Robert Latest:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to install the oracle DB extension on this RHEL7 system but I can't
> get it to work. The server says on startup:
> 
> $ grep oci /var/log/httpd/error_log PHP Warning:  PHP Startup: Unable to load
> dynamic library 'oci8' (tried: /usr/lib64/php/modules/oci8
> (/usr/lib64/php/modules/oci8: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
> directory), /usr/lib64/php/modules/oci8.so (libclntsh.so.21.1: cannot open
> shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0
> 
> But the file is right there:
> 
> $ ls -l /usr/lib64/php/modules/oci8.so
> -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 185832 May  4 14:13 /usr/lib64/php/modules/oci8.so

No - the missing library is "libclntsh.so.21.1" not oci8.so.

> phpinfo.php lists the OCI8 modules with their authors. What am I missing?

You miss libclntsh.so.21.1, not oci8.so.

Also see:
<https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/21/lacli/instant-client-shared-libraries.html>


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