Bigger, better, faster
We've just released an updated version of the Underground PHP and Oracle Manual.
Release 1.4 is available for free from the Oracle Technology Network: http://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/php/pdf/underground-php-oracle-manual.pdf
The book is designed to bridge the gap between the many PHP and the many Oracle texts available.
We re-worked a lot of content for this version, improving the layout and flow enormously. We also increased its size by one third, adding over fifty pages of new material. The highlights are:
- Updated the versions of software in the install steps. Show how to use the Windows MSI installer. Added a section on upgrading OCI8 in PHP4. Added a section on enabling PDO.
- Updated the SQL Developer section (thanks to Sue Harper).
- Improved and extended the examples. Many more can now be cut-and-pasted and run standalone.
- Added new connection performance tips.
- Show how to retrieve PL/SQL "success with information" errors.
- Added a section on testing.
- Added a chapter mapping PHP 4 to PHP 5 function names.
- Added a chapter on mapping ora_* to oci_* function names
