yep, it sounds like an unholy alliance but I need to configure how to do it... for starters I have on my PC installed Oracles PL/SQL environment, with latest client (11g, I think) ... I can work in theirs IDE w/o any problems. I even can code desktop apps with C# and Oracle connector (etc.)
Now, from MS site I can click on that Web Installer thing, and it installs PHP for my IIS - the default on which runs on WinXP ... And id works... (coded the famous "Hello World" app).
Next step is the connection to Oracle... I've read many tutorials on the web - and they suggest me uncommenting lines in php.ini with "php_oci8.dll" - but I never saw those lines (not commented and not uncommented - just nothing), there's no such file in "ext" folder - either. I have found 'em and added them there myself - no change (restarted the server too).
frustrated...