ORA-12154 PHP OCI8 grief - php

Configured a CentOS 5.6 server with Oracle's 11g XE (the freebie version), installed OCI8 with the help of this guide and got a pre-existing (custom) PHP application communicating with the database with no issues. Called that server Dev and started the next build.
The Prod server that I'm now working on is just like Dev except that Oracle 11G is the Standard edition, not the free version. Everything else, to the very best of my knowledge, identical. Definitely the same OCI RPMs.
Warning: ocilogon() [function.ocilogon]: ORA-12154: TNS:could not
resolve the connect identifier specified in
/var/www/html/blah/blah.php
I'm sure I have an "environmental" issue but I can't figure out how to solve it.
Oracle, Apache, OCI8 and PHP are all on the same box.
What works:
tnsping orcl from the Prod server.
sqlplus user#orcl from the Prod
server.
phpconfig(); shows all the OCI8 stuff. Compared the results on Dev and Prod and they are identical.
I can also connect via Toad from an XP client on the other end of a VPN.
I just can not get PHP to talk to the DB. Driving me mad!
Did a global search on the Prod server, there is only one tnsnames.ora file. Here's what it looks like:
ORCL = (DESCRIPTION =
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = localhost.localdomain)(PORT = 1521))
(CONNECT_DATA =
(SERVER = DEDICATED)
(SERVICE_NAME = orcl)
) )
Anything I should provide that would help? Just leave a comment.
I really don't want to flatten and start over on the Prod box... Please help me figure this out!
[edits]
It isn't finding the listener, I guess. Out of curiosity, I stopped the listener service and confirmed that nothing about the error changes.
By request, here's some code.
The code that throws the error I mentioned above:
$dbh = OCILogon($vars[oracle_login], $vars[oracle_pwd], $vars[oracle_instance]);
Variables are set in another file:
...
But we can skip that. While copying and pasting them over to here I took a moment to line up parentheses -- and found an extra.
Typo!
Doh. /facepalm.

While fulfilling a request to show some code, I took a moment to format it and line it all up. At that point, I discovered an extra parentheses.
Fixing that fixed the issue.
Sorry for all the reading!

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Dreamweaver CC can't connect to my local XAMPP testing server via PHP

I'm a newbie at PHP, and coding in general, however I'm attempting to set up a simple user login/registration page using a MySQL database via phpmyadmin. After hours of trawling through forums etc, I could only find outdated information with no relevance to my specific issue.
My set up is as follows:
XAMPP v3.2.2, phpMyAdmin (Apache/2.4.18 (Win32) Open SSL/1.0.2e, PHP/7.0.3 with mysqli PHP extension/ Maria DB Server Type) & Dreamweaver CC.
I have set up a new site & a new server (following various online tutorials that show the same method) but when I attempt to define a connection via recordset, it displays the error message:
"Your PHP server doesn't have the MySQL module loaded or you can't use the mysql_(p)connect functions."
I have the MySQL module loaded and it's working fine as I am able to connect to phpmyadmin. Apache module is loaded and it's working fine as I am able to connect to my localhost in the web browser. Details for testing server have been set up in C:\xampp\htdocs\mysite and changed to PHP/MySQL server model.
The database and tables have been created in phpmyadmin and ready to go, however I just can't connect to them through Dreamweaver CC.
I've tried changing information in config.inc.php, tried changing extension_dir path to mysqli.dll in php.ini (which is in C:\xampp\php\ext) and also uninstalled and reinstalled XAMPP twice.
I believe that my phpmyadmin and XAMPP server are working fine, however I just can't seem to have any success linking it to my php pages in Dreamweaver CC.
Am I missing anything obvious?
Any help/clarity would be greatly appreciated as I'm currently losing all hope! Thank you!
i know this is a little old but i was able to fix the problem.
xampp by default only has MySQLi dll activated. go to the php ini file and uncomment the MySQL dll and restart the Apache server.
this worked for me. also cs6 need the database extension installed.
The error says "Your PHP server doesn't have the MySQL module loaded or you can't use the mysql_(p)connect functions."
In php7 mysql_* has been deleted you have to use mysqli or PDO instead.
You can read more about hereenter link description here
The error shows that you are using mysql_* extension. Your code must look like these: mysql_connect("localhost", "user", "password");. You have to change this to $conn = new mysqli("localhost", "user", "password", "database");. Check this link to review how to change your

After snapshot boot : Informix Client -23101 / Oracle instant client -28759

Not to waste your time, I'll describe what I had && what I have now. My apps are written on php. They live on redhat6 server with nginx + apache web servers. We store data in MySQL DB, but we have lots of imports from Oracle and IBM Informix DB's, & mssql. For Oracle & Informix I have installed clients && compiled libraries pdo_oci.so & pdo_informix.so . For a few months they were working as expected.
But a week ago, admins made a snapshot of out virtual server, and reloaded it. Now only MySQL and mssql connectors work, and Oracle & IBM clients thows errors.
Oracle : -28759
Failed : SQLSTATE[HY000]: pdo_oci_handle_factory: ORA-28759: failure to open file (/usr/local/src/php-5.3.3/ext/pdo_oci/oci_driver.c:579)/opt/project/www/test.php149
IBM Informix : -23101
Failed : SQLSTATE=HY000, SQLDriverConnect: -23101 [Informix][Informix ODBC Driver][Informix]Unspecified System Error = -23101./opt/project/www/test.php146
Well, as official documentations says, Informix error is connected with the lost env variables of DB_LOACALE & CLIENT_LOCALE...etc.
This is strange, because all this time I was using this string for my connections :
$dbh = new PDO ("informix:host=example.ru; database=some_db; server=db_net; CursorBehavior=0; DB_LOCALE=en_US.57372; CLIENT_LOCALE=en_US.57372;", "db_login", "pass");
I tried to set up this env variables for apache (httpd) , but this error still accures. Now I have this variables set after server reboot, but no success. May be I'am doing something wrong or at the wrong place or user name...
About Oracle , documentation says that it is connected with files loading:
And the web doc says that it is mostly ssl error and is connected with the trouble of the client, that can not find SSL Wallet files. I Have TCPS secure connection to Oracle DB with wallet, and I remember that it was a real trouble to make Instant client to look at the right place. More than that, I have client tracing enabled, but it is writing log only when I use sqlplus directly from terminal. When I run my php scripts, I got only errors and no log.
Questions:
How to enable Informix variables correctly, or how to resolve this
issue in different way.
How to enable "net tracing" for oracle, to
see what he is looking for?
How to store this variables for future
reboots/reloads/snapshots...etc. ?
People. Enable tracing of all what is possible and use "strace" command to check where programm is failing!!!
Thanks to Luís Marques! I found gls in my logs and tried to make link for it.. to real IBM/informix/gls... than another msg trouble acured.../ I made soft link from /usr/informix to my real /opt/IBM/informix and all connections successfully woke up!
Thank you man. You really helped me to finish this trouble. I post this as ansver but will accept yours as thanks to you! =)
This may be related to file / dir permissions rather than env variables.
The oracle error seems to indicated that it can no longer open/read the files it requires.
The informix -23101 error can also be caused by the driver being unable to read GLS files required for locale support.
Does the apache user have access to the Informix Client SDK directories and files?

Having troubles configuring PHP to work with mySQL

I'm venturing out of the world of .NET and into the world of open-source. However, I've hit a few roadblocks while trying to get my development environment set up. And I'm kind of stuck on the most recent one.
I have installed: Apache 2.2, php 5.3.2, and mySQL 5.1.48
everything is working pretty much; apache is serving up PHP pages, and I'm able to create databases and tables in mySQL, however, I can't seem to get php to communicate correctly with mySQL. My php.ini has these lines un-commented:
extension=php_mysql.dll
extension=php_mysqli.dll
However, I keep getting this error message:
Warning: mysqli_connect(): (HY000/2002): A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond. in C:\Program Files (x86)\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\mysql_test.php on line 15
any help would be greatly appreciated.
(btw, the php code runs properly when I put it on my web host)
This is most likely a configuration problem with the MySql server. It sounds like it either isn't listening on the correct port or something else is going on with the connection. You have the extensions loaded correctly because PHP is able to find the mysql functions. I would make sure you don't have a firewall blocking any of the requisite ports (actually, just try turning off your firewall and see what happens...just don't forget to turn it back on ;-) ). Also make sure if you are following a tutorial you didn't deviate from the MySQL setup instructions at all. If those don't work, post an update and we can try again.
This looks like bug #45150 : MySQL functions cannot be used with 5.3.x on Vista when using "localhost" -- I've had this problem once, and it took me some time to figure out what was causing it...
If you are working with Windows Vista (and possibly seven ?), and trying to connect to MySQL using "localhost" as host, try to replace that by the corresponding IP address : "127.0.0.1"
Or try to edit the hosts file, and to un-comment the line that corresponds to localhost in IPv4 :
127.0.0.1 localhost
(Remove the # at the beginning of the line)
Or to comment the line that corresponds to localhost in IPv6 :
#::1 localhost
(Add a # at the beginning of the line)
And here's an interesting article about that : PHP 5.3 and MySQL connectivity problem
Use XAMPP - it'll remove any headaches like this for local development.
XAMPP is a very easy to install Apache Distribution for Linux, Solaris, Windows and Mac OS X. The package includes the Apache web server, MySQL, PHP, Perl, a FTP server and phpMyAdmin.

oci_connect Blank Page in PHP

UPDATE (5/21/2010) SUCCESS!
So after MUCH $head->desk()'ing, I've solved it.
Remember kids, be wary of the instant client version you use, dependent on the virtualization settings!
I had been installing the generic Instant Client (not aware our ESX servers sit on AMD processors, not Intel) and that worked fine internally (the CentOS install was 32-bit since our internal ESXi servers aren't 64-bit). Well lo-and-behold, even if you have a 32-bit install running on a virtualized server which is sitting on an AMD64, it still matters what instant client you install.
It was the last thing I thought to check but as it appears, everything is running fine now.
I would like to thank everyone who helped me run through every possible test to figure this out but in the end, it was my fault for not realizing the differences in the virtualizations.
UPDATE (5/21/2010)
I thought this bug had escaped me when I installed it on a new VM internally but I have now found a narrowing link.
I was trying to install this on our production server when I posted this. After a week of no progress and in need to get back to development, I outfitted a VM on our internal server with a brand new install of Crap... CentOS, and fresh installs of instant client and oci8.
Worked perfectly.
However we just uploaded an exact copy of the VM to our production servers and it magically no longer works. Tried reinstalling everything, no avail.
So the only things I could narrow it down to is a firewall issue (although I get the same issue when trying 127.0.0.1) or possibly an ESX (our production servers) server issue, internal servers are running ESXi.
Any thoughts?
UPDATE (3/8/2010) I installed Xdebug and have it tracing my code. This is the output I am getting:
TRACE START [2010-03-08 17:53:05]
0.2090 327864 -> {main}() /data/aims3/http/octest.php:0
0.2091 327988 -> ini_set(string(14), string(1)) /data/aims3/http/octest.php:3
0.2093 327920 -> error_reporting(long) /data/aims3/http/octest.php:4
0.2094 328048 -> oci_connect(string(8), string(8), string(25)) /data/aims3/http/octest.php:6
The trace halts at that point.
I have installed everything the same way on a local server and it works fine. To say I am at a complete loss would be putting it lightly.
*NOTE: I ran make test and it returned FAIL on every test. I never ran this on my working machine to see if it reports the same errors. Any idea why make test would report FAIL but make doesn't report any error?
I've installed the Oracle Instantclient with no reported errors along with the OCI8 PECL package and at a loss. Whenever I try to open a connection with oci_connect, it halts my entire PHP script.
EXAMPLE:
<?php
ini_set ("display_errors", "1");
error_reporting(E_ALL);
echo "before";
$conn = oci_connect("username", "password", "host");
echo "after";
?>
Returns a complete blank page. The module is loaded (seen in phpinfo) and everything installed with no errors.
I am at a complete loss.
CentOS: 5.4
Apache: 2.2.3
PHP: 5.3.1
InstantClient: 11.2
oci8: 1.4.1
Any thoughts?
NOTES
Apache Error Log reports nothing
Attempted Debugging:
1:
<?php
ini_set ("display_errors", "1");
error_reporting(E_ALL);
echo "before";
if(!function_exists('oci_connect')) die('Oracle Not Installed');
echo "after";
?>
Returns:
beforeafter
2:
Changing host to //host
Returns:
Same error
Is there anything in Apache's error_log? Is this mod_php or FastCGI or normal CGI PHP? What happens if you run the script via the command line?
You could also try setting PHP's error log and looking in there.
EDIT1: Try:
echo "before";
if(!function_exists('oci_connect')) die('Oracle Not Installed');
And post the results...
EDIT2: I'm really not sure. My best bet is this info from the PHP manual:
The most common problem with
installing OCI8 is not having the
Oracle environment correctly set. This
typically appears as a problem using
oci_connect() or oci_pconnect(). The
error may be a PHP error such as Call
to undefined function oci_connect(),
an Oracle error such as ORA-12705, or
even an Apache crash. Check the Apache
log files for startup errors and see
the sections above to resolve this
problem.
Anyone else have any ideas to help out Bryan?
Bryan,
I am going to be honest: I tried this two years ago and failed miserably. :) I could not get the OCI functions to work for anything by compiling myself.
But in the interest of getting it done I looked for an alternate solution and found it in Zend Core for Oracle. All I did was download, run the installer, and it was done. It installs Apache/PHP, MySQL (optional), and the InstantClient for you.
Now as Zend Server, it is basically the same product. I realize that this may not be the solution you hoped for, but if it works...
Zend Server
are you connecting to remote or to local db? i think, for localhost you must replace "host" with "false". I hope, this will help you...
edit: i think, you are missing a parameter...my last suggestions are: 1. you must set the port (default 1521) AND/OR 2. You must enter db name AND/OR you must set the instance name (the ORACLE_SID parameter)
You never check the return value of oci_connect() or call oci_error() but it doesn't look relevant to your problem since you seem to be suffering from a PHP crash. There's an open bug for RHEL that may affect you too:
http://pecl.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=16626
Did you build the oci8 package yourself? Are you using a third-party binary?
It has been fixed. See the top for details but here is the cliff notes: virtualiztion environments matter.

phpmyadmin using mysqli connects, but my php using mysqli errors out

This is driving me nuts! I am getting the classic "Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysql4d/mysql4d.sock' (13)".
Everything I've dug up so far tells me my setup should be OK (eg, defining the sockets in php.ini and my.cnf, etc). Worse... phpmyadmin works with the same un/pw I am using in my own php. So obviously it's possible to connect, but I am screwing it up
I tried reverse-engineering the connection from phpmyadmin, but gave up it as too convoluted after a couple hours.
Can anyone offer some advice?
My configuration: Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic), Apache 2.2, PHP 5.2.6, MySQL 4.1.22 (for legacy app reasons).
my.cnf (/var/lib/mysql4/my.cnf):
[client]
port = 3306
socket = /var/run/mysql4d/mysql4d.sock
[mysqld]
port = 3306
socket = /var/run/mysql4d/mysql4d.sock
php.ini (/etc/php5/apache2/php.ini):
[MySQL]
mysql.default_socket = /var/run/mysql4d/mysql4d.sock
[MySQLi]
mysql.default_socket = /var/run/mysql4d/mysql4d.sock
Same problem using mysql instead of mysqli, btw.
EDIT:
I should mention that I have installed mysql4 alongside the ubuntu default install of php & mysql for use with a legacy application and it is this installation that I am having trouble connecting with. I tried this:
ini_set('mysql.default_socket', '/var/run/mysql4d/mysql4d.sock');
and now the connection goes thru, but all queries return empty sets. (cries in frustration)
This sounds like a permission problem in /var/run/mysql4d/mysql4d.sock. What user are you running this as? Are the permissions o.k. on file system level?
If you Google for the error messages, you'll find a lot of people who had this and it was always a permission issue, sometimes due to an activated SELinux. Check this thread for a few possible solutions.

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