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Installing CX Oracle for Python & Mac OS X. Instructions exist around the web, but they seem to be piecemeal and incomplete.

Installation

This procedure is tested on Mac OS X 10.10.5 with Developpers tools installed (xCode).

PHP 5.6 installed with Homebrew.

Preparation

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

How to install OCI8 on Ubuntu 17.10 and PHP 7.1

This guide refers to Instantclient Version 12.2.0.1.0

Install Oracle Instant Client and SDK

Step 1

Download the latest Oracle Instant Client and SDK from the Oracle website (Yeah, fuck you Oracle, you need to create an account to download the files).

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/linuxx86-64soft-092277.html