You may be interested in how to 'run' an Oracle DB on macOS, which can be done in a VirtualBox VM like. Now when you check you should see the OCI8 section. OCI8 add-on activation likely successful. Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/lib/instantclient_19_3

Then, tell XAMPP to enable the extension: sudo /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/xampp oci8Īt the prompt, enter the path to the Instant Client directory /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/lib/instantclient_19_3 like: Please enter the path to your Oracle or Instant Client installation: configure -with-php-config=/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/php-config -with-oci8=shared,instantclient,/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/lib/instantclient_19_3 Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/phpize You'll need some kind of compiler available I have XCode installed: cd oci8-2.2.0 Get rid of the old Instant Client: sudo rm -rf /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/lib/instantclient-11.2.0.3.0Īnd remove new libraries not needed by OCI8: sudo rm -f /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/lib/instantclient_19_3/ĭownload the OCI8 extension from PECL andīuild and install OCI8. Sudo unzip /Users/cjones/Downloads/instantclient-sdk-macos.zip Sudo unzip /Users/cjones/Downloads/instantclient-basic-macos.zip I prefer to use a more recent Instant Client, so download the latest InstantĮxtract the Instant Client (substitute your download directory path): cd /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/lib The PECL config looked OK, but there must have been some conflict with the native PHP version.Īnyway, the slightly longer manual install of OCI8 works. running: sudo /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/bin/pecl install oci8Īnd answering: instantclient,/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/lib/instantclient-11.2.0.3.0/įails with checking PHP version. Sadly the 'obvious' method of installing OCI8 with the pecl command fails toĬorrectly find the right PHP version.

The XAMPP VM install from xampp-osx-7.4.9-0-vm.dmg also didn't have the OCI8Įxtension, but I haven't played with it yet.) It seems like XAMPP for macOS doesn't have the OCI8 extension built. I did a basic install with the Developer files I used the native installer XAMPP 7.4.9 from

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