win server 2012 R2 – xampp – php connect oracle 11g

its so annoying to debug xampp version which can connect to oracle db in windows server 2012 r2, so this is the clue

2. extract in C:\

3. download visual c redistribute 2015 download x64 & get x86 and install both 32 & 64
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=52685

6. , copy all .dll file to
c:\apache\bin
c:\php\

7. makesure c:\xampp\php\ext\php_oci8_12c.dll exists

8. Enable php extension in php.ini extension=oci8_12c

9. start apache

if the apache still cannot start, download xampp with php5 and start again from “no 2, extract to C ”

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