This updated fixes (this list is not complete):
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#33915 - crash in _oci_close_session
#26393 - Segfault during request shutdown in _oci_close_session() (oci8.c:2443)
#32741 - hang on ociexecute() with collections (only with 10g, works with 9i)
#32325 - can't retrieve collection using OCI8
#33583 - Apache1.3.33 Segmentation fault with php5 & OCI_New_Collection
#32361 - connection oci_connect stay persist after process the php
#29013 - multiple logins cause handles become invalid
#28944 - OCITypeByName: OCI-21522 with two connections
Fixed by connection handling rewrite.
#32140 - NVARCHAR columns are truncated
#31042 - oci_fetch_* sets field value to false
#27156 - OCIFetchInto returns false as column value when column contains >1 umlaut
Fixed by multiplying buffer size by 3.
#33866 - OCIlogon do not returns conn resource for account with expired paswd
#33365 - logon fails when password expires
Fixed by adding new oci_password_change() call syntax.
#33159 - DB-connect via webserver fails after DB-restart ORA-24327
#30808 - oci8 cannot connect after restarting DB
#30127 - lost oracle connection. need restart apache.
#29902 - oci8 doesn't disconnect sessions, overloads oracle server
#29779 - (the same issue with the Oracle server going offline)
#26829 - Killed Oracle Sessions openned with OCIPLogon()
Fixed by adding oci8.ping_interval option.
#32988ext/oci8: OCI doesn't support DB external authentication
Fixed by adding support of external credentials (turned off by default).
Added new INI options:
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oci8.ping_interval
oci8.max_persistent
oci8.persistent_timeout
oci8.privileged_connect
oci8.statement_cache_size
oci8.default_prefetch
oci8.old_oci_close_semantics
See the updated docs for the detailed descriptions.
Major changes:
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- connection handling algorithm rewritten. That should add stability and fix all non-reproducible crashes etc;
- extension refactored and divided into several files to improve readability and to make it easier to maintain;
- added support of statement caching;
- added support of privileged connections using external credentials;
- added new INI options to manage persistent connections;
- fixed oci_close() to close connections correctly.
- we decide to either not support ZTS connection pooling (kind of
- pointless as PHP isn't stable in ZTS mode) or fix the 100% reproducable
- crash bug on oci_connect() under Windows most probably due to this
- problem.
used to return "" and not bool(false). It's not worth keeping it because
STR_FREE() and zval_dtor() always have to check for it and it slows down
the general case. In addition, it seems that empty_string has been abused
quite a lot, and was used not only for setting zval's but generally in
PHP code instead of "", which wasn't the intention. Last but not least,
nuking empty_string should improve stability as I doubt every place
correctly checked if they are not mistakenly erealloc()'ing it or
calling efree() on it.
NOTE: Some code is probably broken. Each extension maintainer should
check and see that my changes are OK. Also, I haven't had time to touch
PECL yet. Will try and do it tomorrow.
Adding a package.xml to a bundled extension does not only
ease the transition to PECL whereever suitable but also
allows to build and install an extension as "shared" using
the PEAR installer without having to deal with phpize and
friends by hand
