here's my problem. Due to some ancient database infrastructure I need
to use an old version of DBD::Oracle compiled against an Oracle 8i
client libs.
We're setting ORACLE_HOME and LD_LIBRARY_PATH to be inherited from
Apache.
The problem is that this completely borks PHP/Oracle connection, since
the current version of PHP won't work with the old version; it works
fine with 10 or 11 Instant client.
If I reset those two env vars in my programs, via
$ENV{'ORACLE_HOME'} = <path to old version of oracle>
$ENV{'LD_LIBRARY_PATH'} = <path to old version of oracle>
Will this suffice to allow php (via Apache) to use the new client and
DBD::Oracle to use the old?
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Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group
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