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What is the difference between the OCI8 and ORA extension modules?

April 26, 2017difference extension modules oci8 ORA

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What is the difference between the OCI8 and ORA extension modules?

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PHP offers two extension modules that can be used to connect to Oracle: • Oracle Call-Interface functions (OCI8) • Oracle 7 functions (ORA) OCI8 should be used whenever possible since it is optimised and provides more options. ORA is deprecated and no longer included in supported versions of PHP. It is unstable, does not include support for CLOBs, BLOBs, BFILEs, ROWIDs, etc. and should not be used. • PHP 5.2 contains OCI8 1.2. • PHP 5.3 contains OCI8 1.3, which improves reliability and adds features such as DRCP connection pooling support, FAN support, and external authentication. You can download OCI8 1.3 from PECL and install in on PHP 4.3.9 onwards.