PHP and Oracle: Christopher Jones

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