Missing DLL when run as script

Answer 1

Check the php.ini file that php is using by running a phpinfo() from the command line, and look to see what extensions are enabled in that file. It's quite commopn for php to be set to use a different php.ini file when running from the command line; and xampp certainly uses a different php.ini file by default. You can also tell it what php.ini file to use with the -c switch

Answer 2

Am I correct that both C:\instantclient_11_2 and C:\oracle\ora92\bin contain a OCI.DLL? Because of the order of the path you might load the wrong dll. When I read Which OCI8 DLL to use in PHP 5.3 you need a different line in the php.ini depending on the version of the oracle client. I currently have no access to a pc with oracle, so I cannot verify this.

Answer 3

I've solved the problem in a way by changing the script. It's now:

C:\xampp\PHP\php.exe -f C:\xampp\htdocs\php_scripts\utils\update_dashboard.php

Thanks for the help.