title: Fatal error: Call to undefined function oci_connect() in C:\xampp\htdocs\Project1\connect.php on line 3
body: <p>I am trying to connect to a 9i oracle database using XAMPP Version 5.6.15.</p>
  
  <p>After a few days of struggling with this I uninstalled XAMPP and just installed PHP and Apache HTPPD.</p>
  
  <p>Verified PHP and HTTP were working and again got the EXACT SAME ERROR. So I reinstalled XAMPP The underlying issue I know is that is cant load <code>C:\xampp\php\ext\php_oci8.dll</code>.</p>
  
  <p>I am sure the correct .ini file is being picked up and the extension_dir is defined correctly and I have included the file php_oci8.dll in that directory.</p>
  
  <p>In desperation I downloaded the oracle instant client 10 holding all of those dlls and added them under the php directory. This directory along with the PHP one has been added to PATH in my system variables so all required DLLs should be getting picked up.</p>
  
  <p>After all of this I am still getting the above error. Has anyone any other ideas to try? Any help would be greatly appreciated - am pulling my hair out for the guts of a week on this one.</p>