- Do scope-end release for oci_pconnect (oci8.old_oci_close_semantics=1 gives old behavior)
- Fix session reuse with 10.2 client libs
- Fix the Ping macro version check for 10.2
- Add type check associated with zend_list_find
- Code connection re-organized for reuse
- Format comments
- WS changes
- Prepare for new PECL release
Tests:
- Add new tests
- Rationalize password tests
- Revert use of __DIR__ so tests will work with PHP 5.2
- Update some skipifs to make tests more portable
collections, statements and BLOBs seem to be working ok
though there are still some things to be done in order to make oci_bind_array_by_name() work with U-strings
Notes:
- in Unicode mode OCI8 always speaks to Oracle server using UTF-16, so all the conversions are done by the client lib.
This is why character set parameter of oci_connect() and NLS_LANG are ignored in U-mode.
- BLOBs and CLOBs behave quite differently in U-mode.
Reading data from a CLOB would result in Unicode string, while BLOBs would return binary string.
Also, all LOB utilities work with _bytes_ when BLOB is used and _characters_ when it's CLOB.
It's not that obvious, but it does make a lot of sense to me.
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.
