Re: [PHP-DB] Php, Oracle on Mac, with strange behaviour

[email protected] (Christopher Jones)
Newsgroups php.db
Message-ID <[email protected]>

Chris wrote:
>>     Warning: ocilogon() [function.ocilogon]: OCIEnvNlsCreate() failed. 
>> There is something wrong with your system - please check that 
>> LD_LIBRARY_PATH includes the     directory with Oracle Instant Client 
>> libraries in/Library/WebServer/Documents/oracle.php on line 25       
>> Oracle Connect Error
> 
> <snip>
> 
>> putenv("LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/oracle/instanceclient");
> 
> I'd guess you probably need this in apache's start up script, not in php 
> (where that is on a mac setup I have no idea).
> 
> You could also try it in your virtual host:
> 
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_env.html#setenv
> 
> SetEnv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /opt/oracle/instanceclient
> 

I agree that using putenv() for Environment variables in scripts is bad.
On Mac, I think you need DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH instead of LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
See http://www.oracle.com/technology/pub/articles/bibbs-php-leopard.html

Chris

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