


The Instant Client binaries complement PHP's pre-built binaries for Windows. Space is at a premium, the Basic Lite package can be used instead of Basic.Įnabling the PHP OCI8 Extension on Windows On Linux, also download the "SDK" or "devel" package. When using Instant Client 11 g, PHP OCI8 connects to all editions of Oracle 9.2, 10.x, and 11.xĭownload the "Basic" package. If the database is local then InstantĬlient, although convenient and still usable, is generally not needed because OCI8 can directly use the Typically the database will be on another machine. To use Instant Client an existing database is needed - Instant Client does Oracle Instant Client is a free set of easily installed libraries that allow programs to connect to local or OCI8 links with Oracle client libraries, such as Oracle Instant Client. The name isĭerived from Oracle's C "call interface" API first introduced in version 8 of Oracleĭatabase. OCI8 is open source and included with PHP. Underground PHP and Oracle Manual explains other installation options and containsĬonnecting to Oracle Database. This note describes how to install PHP with the OCI8 Extension and Oracle From here, you can re-install the client.The easiest way to configure PHP to access a remote Oracle Database is to use Oracle InstantĬlient libraries. Try to connect to Oracle in Designer and you should receive a message “Oracle Client Not Found”.Find the "instantclient_12_1" folder (from the UserSettings.xml file) and move it to a different location.You can use this to check the location of your Oracle Instant Client or install a new one as well. In my case, it looks something like this: You can open this file in notepad and look for the "OracleInstantClientInstallPath" element within the XML. This file is used to load your Designer settings during startup. The Oracle client setting is located in your UserSettings.xml file, located in "\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Alteryx\Engine\". Oracle Instant Client is a collection of installed Oracle Database libraries for connecting Alteryx Designer to local or remote Oracle Databases.

This directory was generated by the Alteryx install script, and contains an instance of the Oracle Instant Client.
