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Asked: 2026-05-18T23:48:21+00:00

Hello I have a database engine sitting on a remote server, while my webserver

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Hello I have a database engine sitting on a remote server, while my webserver is present locally. I have worked pretty much with client-server architecture, where the server has both the webserver and the database engine. Now I need to connect to an Oracle database which is situated on a different server.

Can anybody give me any suggestions?? I believe ODBC_CONNECT might not work. Do I use OCI8 drivers?? How would I connect to my database server.

Also I would have a very high number of database calls going back and forth, so is it good to go with persistent connection or do I still use individual database calls?

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you’re using ODBC, then you need to use the PHP’s ODBC driver rather than the OCI8 driver. Otherwise, you need the Oracle client installed on your webserver (even if it’s just Oracle’s Instant Client) and then you can use OCI8.

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    Personally I wouldn’t recommend persistent connections. While there is a slowdown when connecting to a database (especially a remote database), persistent connections can cause more issues if you have a high hit count (exceeding the number of persistent connections available), or if there’s a network hiccup of any kind that leaves orphaned connections on the database, and potentially orphaned pconnectiosn as well.

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