PDO_OCI DSN

(PECL PDO_OCI >= 0.1.0)

PDO_OCI DSNConnecting to Oracle databases

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The PDO_OCI Data Source Name (DSN) is composed of the following elements:

DSN prefix

The DSN prefix is oci:.

dbname (Oracle Instant Client)

The URI for the Oracle Instant Client connection takes the form of dbname=//hostname:port-number/database. If you are connecting to a database defined in tnsnames.ora, use only the name of the database: dbname=database.

charset

The client-side character set for the current environment handle.

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Example #1 PDO_OCI DSN examples

The following examples show a PDO_OCI DSN for connecting to Oracle databases:

// Connect to a database defined in tnsnames.ora
oci:dbname=mydb

// Connect using the Oracle Instant Client
oci:dbname=//localhost:1521/mydb

User Contributed Notes

Alexander Ashurkoff 26-Feb-2007 02:20
If you want to use PDO_OCI and get proper russian windows-1251 codepage, just add charset=CL8MSWIN1251 to your DSN.

example:
<?php
$dbc
= new PDO('oci:dbname=192.168.10.145/orcl;charset=CL8MSWIN1251', 'username', 'password');
?>

§¡lso setting apache/registry/system environment variable NLS_LANG to RUSSIAN_CIS.CL8MSWIN1251 may helps you.
Helpful User 11-Oct-2006 05:59
If you get the error: TNS: could not resolve service name

Remember that the PDO wants to use the default client, which will only use the tnsnames.ora in %ORACLE_HOME%\network\admin. Check that file and make sure your service is defined in there.

BTW, there is a bug with pdo_oci8 with 9i - don't use it. Make sure you just use pdo_oci.dll.