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Bug #80846 oci8 extension can't detect instance client under M1
Submitted: 2021-03-08 10:01 UTC Modified: -
Votes:28
Avg. Score:4.9 ± 0.4
Reproduced:24 of 24 (100.0%)
Same Version:16 (66.7%)
Same OS:24 (100.0%)
From: denirun at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Open Package: OCI8 related
PHP Version: 8.0.3 OS: macOS BigSur 11.2.2, M1
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2021-03-08 10:01 UTC] denirun at gmail dot com 
Description:
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Problem exists under Apple M1 chip only!

After set–up Oracle Instant Client under M1, and run sqlplus to check, does instant client works – the sqlplus works without any problems. All connection, and some simple sqls works perfectly. 

Than after set up oci8 extension via pecl, and provide path to instant client – the script don't find any errors, and installation finished with success.

After check how extension loaded, PHP stops with critical exception:
dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: _OCIClientVersion
 


Test script:
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cd ~/Downloads

curl -O https://download.oracle.com/otn_software/mac/instantclient/198000/instantclient-basic-macos.x64-19.8.0.0.0dbru.dmg
curl -O https://download.oracle.com/otn_software/mac/instantclient/198000/instantclient-sdk-macos.x64-19.8.0.0.0dbru.dmg
curl -O https://download.oracle.com/otn_software/mac/instantclient/198000/instantclient-sqlplus-macos.x64-19.8.0.0.0dbru.dmg

hdiutil mount instantclient-basic-macos.x64-19.8.0.0.0dbru.dmg 
hdiutil mount instantclient-sdk-macos.x64-19.8.0.0.0dbru.dmg
hdiutil mount instantclient-sqlplus-macos.x64-19.8.0.0.0dbru.dmg

/Volumes/instantclient-basic-macos.x64-19.8.0.0.0dbru/install_ic.sh

hdiutil unmount /Volumes/instantclient-basic-macos.x64-19.8.0.0.0dbru
hdiutil unmount /Volumes/instantclient-sdk-macos.x64-19.8.0.0.0dbru
hdiutil unmount /Volumes/instantclient-sqlplus-macos.x64-19.8.0.0.0dbru

sudo mkdir -p /opt/oracle
sudo mv instantclient_19_8/ /opt/oracle

pecl install oci8

# Oracle Instant Client [autodetect] : instantclient,/opt/oracle/instantclient_19_8

php -i | grep oci8

Expected result:
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oci8
oci8.connection_class => no value => no value
oci8.default_prefetch => 100 => 100
oci8.events => Off => Off
oci8.max_persistent => -1 => -1
oci8.old_oci_close_semantics => Off => Off
oci8.persistent_timeout => -1 => -1
oci8.ping_interval => 60 => 60
oci8.privileged_connect => Off => Off
oci8.statement_cache_size => 20 => 20

Actual result:
--------------
oci8

OCI8 Support => enabled
OCI8 DTrace Support => disabled
OCI8 Version => 3.0.1
dyld: lazy symbol binding failed: Symbol not found: _OCIClientVersion
  Referenced from: /opt/homebrew/lib/php/pecl/20200930/oci8.so
  Expected in: flat namespace

dyld: Symbol not found: _OCIClientVersion
  Referenced from: /opt/homebrew/lib/php/pecl/20200930/oci8.so
  Expected in: flat namespace

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 [2021-04-26 13:09 UTC] ramongnr2009 at hotmail dot com 
same problem here,

I've done this process too and it doesn't solve:

https://github.com/oracle/node-oracledb/issues/149#issuecomment-165678929
 [2021-04-26 13:42 UTC] ramongnr2009 at hotmail dot com 
I tested on versions 8 and 7 (7.3, 7.4)
 [2022-01-22 19:45 UTC] AntonioRM81 at Gmail dot com 
Same problem here… we need help :( is this problem eclusive to Instant Client not being ported to ARM M1 yet? Is there nothing we can do to workaround?
 [2022-08-18 12:54 UTC] roubin_d at yahoo dot com 
SOLVED!!

Hint: 
1. Run terminal using Rosetta
2. Install everything (i.e httpd, php, curl etc..) under rosetta terminal using brew (arch -x86_64) not the brew for m1 silicon
3. Download instantclient files & extract & create symlinks (https://gist.github.com/nasrulhazim/308c9f59a2ddba364b4b908ee9238265)
4, Run pecl install oci8
5. Enjoy

Note: of course there are more steps to it but above are the main points to follow - most important always use the homebrew intel version (i.e. arch -x86_64)
 [2023-11-01 14:50 UTC] leonardoandognini at gmail dot com 
To solve this problem I created a docker environment that works on Apple Silicon, information on how to use it is in this repository

https://github.com/leonardoandognini/oci8-php-development-setup
 
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