Querying Oracle 10.2 from XAMPP on Ubuntu

Just a quick note on how I got my XAMPP install talking to an Oracle 10.2 db:

1. Get Oracle InstantClient (you'll have to register):
   - http://download.oracle.com/otn/linux/instantclient/10205/sqlplus-10.2.0.5.0-linux.zip
   - http://download.oracle.com/otn/linux/instantclient/10205/basiclite-10.2.0.5.0-linux.zip
2. Unzip both to /opt/lampp/var/oracle
3. Tell XAMPP where to look for the Oracle client:

   sudo /opt/lampp/lampp oci8

4. Give the following path:

   /opt/lampp/var/oracle/instantclient_10_2

5. Restart Apache:

   sudo /opt/lampp/lampp restartapache

You should now be able to make PHP calls to Oracle functions.