Install OCI8 and / or PDO_OCI on OSX via Brew

macosx-install-php-oracle-oci8-pdo_oci.md

Install PHP Oracle oci8 and pdo_oci on Mac OSX

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):

• instantclient-basic-macos.x64-11.2.0.4.0.zip
• instantclient-sqlplus-macos.x64-11.2.0.4.0.zip
• instantclient-sdk-macos.x64-11.2.0.4.0.zip

Create and unzip all theses files into a the directory /usr/local/instantclient/11.2.0.4/. This directory will looks like:

.
├── BASIC_README
├── SQLPLUS_README
├── adrci
├── genezi
├── glogin.sql
├── libclntsh.dylib.11.1
├── libnnz11.dylib
├── libocci.dylib.11.1
├── libociei.dylib
├── libocijdbc11.dylib
├── libsqlplus.dylib
├── libsqlplusic.dylib
├── ojdbc5.jar
├── ojdbc6.jar
├── sdk
│   ├── SDK_README
│   ├── demo
│   ├── include
│   ├── ott
│   └── ottclasses.zip
├── sqlplus
├── uidrvci
└── xstreams.jar

Create symlinks

sudo ln -s /usr/local/instantclient/11.2.0.4/sdk/include/*.h /usr/local/include/
sudo ln -s /usr/local/instantclient/11.2.0.4/sqlplus /usr/local/bin/
sudo ln -s /usr/local/instantclient/11.2.0.4/*.dylib /usr/local/lib/
sudo ln -s /usr/local/instantclient/11.2.0.4/*.dylib.11.1 /usr/local/lib/
sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib/libclntsh.dylib.11.1 /usr/local/lib/libclntsh.dylib

Test with sqlplus instantclient

I recommand to install Oracle Server with a VirtualBox VM preinstalled.

sudo /usr/local/bin/sqlplus username/password@host:port/sid

Install extension with pecl

sudo pecl install oci8-2.0.10 # phpv5.2 - phpv5.6

sudo pecl install oci8 # phpv7

If the script prompt you to provide the path to ORACLE_HOME directory, respond with:

instantclient,/usr/local/lib

Note: If you got PECL error:

touch $(brew --prefix php52)/lib/php/.lock && chmod 0644 $(brew --prefix php52)/lib/php/.lock # phpv5.2

touch $(brew --prefix php56)/lib/php/.lock && chmod 0644 $(brew --prefix php56)/lib/php/.lock # phpv5.6

touch $(brew --prefix php70)/lib/php/.lock && chmod 0644 $(brew --prefix php70)/lib/php/.lock # phpv7

And your are done, normally pecl will automatically load the extension in your php.ini. If not, add the following line to your php.ini:

extension=oci8.so

Restart your HTTP Server and test.

To installing pdo_oci. You must do following command:

download PHP Source From https://php.net/downloads.php

please download the right version for your php version. for example for php v7.3.5

cd /tmp
wget https://www.php.net/distributions/php-7.3.5.tar.gz
tar -xzvf php-7.3.5.tar.gz
cd /tmp/php-7.3.5/ext/pdo_oci

We should tell our configuration to use 11.2.0.4 version, so it will find the right version in our system.

phpize
./configure --with-pdo-oci=instantclient,/usr/local/lib,11.2.0.4

Build it and install it:

make
make install

After this open your php.ini and add this line:

extension=pdo_oci.so

Test it!