(PECL PDO_OCI >= 0.1.0)
PDO_OCI DSN — Connecting to Oracle databases
The PDO_OCI Data Source Name (DSN) is composed of the following elements:
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.
charsetThe client-side character set for the current environment handle.
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