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While I was recently on summer vacation (yes, it is summer in half the world), the VirtualBox VM for PHP was refreshed to a more recent Zend Server/Oracle Linux/Oracle Database XE stack.
I just pulled the VM down, imported it and had it booting and serving PHP pages in a very few minutes. VirtualBox really is marvelous. There is a link to download the VM near the foot of the Oracle Technology Network Developer VM page.
I've updated my relatively "vanilla" PHP 5 RPMs to 5.3.9 on oss.oracle.com/projects/php. They are built for Oracle Linux 5.7 (and RHEL 5.7). I've included the OCI8 extension for Oracle DB, of course. The various MySQL extension are there and use the mysqlnd driver, so installation doesn't require any client-side MySQL libraries. Note the PHP 5.3.9 RPMs are for testing only. For production users I recommend Zend Server.
Following on the heels of the PHP 5.3.9 release, I've bundled OCI8 1.4.7 for PECL. The PECL OCI8 1.4.7 code is the same as included in PHP 5.3.9 and can be used to update older PHP installations. The release notes are here. There are several bug fixes; upgrading is recommended.
The Oracle Instant Client 11.2.0.3 for Linux is now available on OTN. I know many users will upgrade sooner rather than later to get the "latest and greatest" release.
However, if your PHP application uses oci_password_change (or its old alias ocipasswordchange), you should upgrade the client libraries (Instant or normal "full" client) and the Oracle Database version to 11.2.0.3 at the same time. Otherwise oci_password_change will fail with the error "ORA-1017: invalid username/password". If you're not using oci_password_change then this won't impact you.
Since the protocol change is in the Oracle libraries, the change is not just limited PHP. Any C program using Oracle's Call Interface "OCIPasswordChange" API to change passwords will also have the same restrictions.
Oracle OpenWorld and JavaOne conferences are happening in San Francisco next week. It will be a busy and exciting time.
First, here's a shout out: For me the conference kicks off on Sunday morning. Marcelle Kratochvil from Piction (heavy users of PHP and Oracle DB) is hosting the inaugural Unstructured Data with Multimedia SIG for Oracle Database and MySQL database (32440) Sunday 9:00 am in Moscone West room 2011.
Below are some of the scripting and related sessions happening during the week.
Exhibition HallDuring the Exhibition Hall hours, come and talk to us at the Database Access Services and APIs booth. This year we're in Moscone South, Left SL-067. The Tuxedo application server booth is Moscone South, Right - SR-202. At JavaOne look out for the NetBeans booth, Hilton San Francisco - HHJ-023.
Scripting Sessions, Birds-of-a-Feather Meetings, and Hands-on-Labs at OOWSeveral other sessions discuss topics that scripting language devotees will find invaluable:
Also check out the full Oracle Tuxedo application server schedule here.
Scripting at JavaOneOver in the concurrent JavaOne conference there are several scripting sessions driven by San Francisco's EngineYard. This year they have JRuby sessions but with their recent aquisition of PHP technnology, I hope they'll have more on PHP in one of the OOW streams next year:
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