2. Allow an empty username/password to be passed so Oracle can do
non-password based authentication, i.e. "External Authentication".
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[DOC]
A new OCI_CRED_EXT flag can be passed as the "session_mode" parameter
to oci_connect(), oci_new_connect() and oci_pconnect().
$c1 = oci_connect("/", "", $db, null, OCI_CRED_EXT);
This tells Oracle to do external or OS authentication, if configured
in the database.
OCI_CRED_EXT can only be used with username of "/" and a empty
password. Oci8.privileged_connection may be On or Off.
The new flag may be combined with the existing OCI_SYSOPER or
OCI_SYSDBA modes (note: oci8.privileged_connection needs to be On for
OCI_SYSDBA and OCI_SYSOPER mode), e.g.:
$c1 = oci_connect("/", "", $db, null, OCI_CRED_EXT+OCI_SYSOPER);
