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The PATH is an important concept when working on the command line. It's a list of directories that tell your operating system where to look for programs, so that you can just write script instead of /home/me/bin/script or C:\Users\Me\bin\script. But different operating systems have different ways to add a new directory to it:

Windows

The first step depends which version of Windows you're using:

If you're using Windows 8 or 10, press the Windows key, then search for and

How to install PHP OCI8 for macOS Ventura/Sonoma on Apple Silicon Macs (arm64 version)

This tutorial will guide you on how to install OCI8 for PHP8.3 using Oracle Instant Client arm64.

1. Install Command Line Tools for Xcode

Run the command below if you haven't installed it on your machine.

xcode-select --install

	# extracted from http//www.naturalearthdata.com/download/110m/cultural/ne_110m_admin_0_countries.zip
	# under public domain terms

	country_bounding_boxes = {
	'AF': ('Afghanistan', (60.5284298033, 29.318572496, 75.1580277851, 38.4862816432)),
	'AO': ('Angola', (11.6400960629, -17.9306364885, 24.0799052263, -4.43802336998)),
	'AL': ('Albania', (19.3044861183, 39.624997667, 21.0200403175, 42.6882473822)),
	'AE': ('United Arab Emirates', (51.5795186705, 22.4969475367, 56.3968473651, 26.055464179)),
	'AR': ('Argentina', (-73.4154357571, -55.25, -53.628348965, -21.8323104794)),
	'AM': ('Armenia', (43.5827458026, 38.7412014837, 46.5057198423, 41.2481285671)),