Thursday, April 13, 2006

PHP Extension for Oracle JDeveloper

PHP Extension for Oracle JDeveloper: "Oracle PHP Extension for Oracle JDeveloper 10g"

Overview

The PHP Extension makes it easy to create, edit, and run PHP scripts in Oracle JDeveloper 10g.

The PHP Extension, combined with JDeveloper's
comprehensive functionality, help make web and database development
productive for the PHP developer.

  • PHP, HTML, CSS, XML, Javascript, SQL and PL/SQL support
  • Structure view
  • Online Help
  • Pre-supplied code blocks
  • Database connectivity
  • PL/SQL debugger
  • Database object browser
  • Visual database table creation

The PHP Extension can be used in combination with the Application Migration Assistant Extension to migrate non-Oracle based PHP applications to Oracle Database.

Prerequisites

  • Oracle JDeveloper 10g 9.0.5.x, 10.1.2 or 10.1.3.
  • PHP 4.3.4 or later.
  • A web server such as Apache 1.3 or later.

Installation

You can install the 10.1.3 extension using the Update Center in Oracle JDeveloper, or by downloading the extension zip file.

To use the Update Center to install the PHP Extension for 10.1.3

  1. Start Oracle JDeveloper 10g 10.1.3.

  2. Click Check for Updates on the Help menu. The list of available updates is displayed.

  3. Select PHP Extension for Oracle JDeveloper 10g and click Continue.

  4. Click Finish. The extension is installed and enabled.

To download and install the PHP Extensions for 10.1.3, 10.1.2 or 9.0.5

  1. Download the PHP Extension:
    • oracle.jdeveloper.php.zip for 10.1.3
    • php-addin_1.2.zip for 10.1.2
    • php-addin.zip for 9.0.5
    from the Oracle JDeveloper's Extension Exchange on the Oracle Technology Network.

  2. Extract oracle.jdeveloper.php.10.1.3.10.1.jar from the oracle.jdeveloper.php.zip file to the /jdev/extensions directory for 10.1.3
    or
    Extract php-addin.jar from the zip file into the /jdev/lib/ext directory for 10.1.2 or 9.0.5.

  3. Restart Oracle JDeveloper.

  4. Configure 10.1.3, 10.1.2, or 9.0.5, or see the configuration topics of the PHP Extension Online Help.

Cat: Oracle, WebDev, PHP