How can the installation of Oracle 10g affect the functionality of PHP 4.3.1 on a Windows XP system?

The installation of Oracle 10g can affect the functionality of PHP 4.3.1 on a Windows XP system if the necessary Oracle libraries and extensions are not properly configured in the PHP settings. To solve this issue, you will need to update the PHP configuration file (php.ini) to include the Oracle extensions and specify the path to the Oracle libraries.

// Update the PHP configuration file (php.ini) to include Oracle extensions and specify the path to Oracle libraries
extension=php_oci8.dll
extension=php_oci8_11g.dll
oci8.privileged_connect = Off
oci8.max_persistent = -1
oci8.persistent_timeout = -1
oci8.ping_interval = 60
oci8.connection_class =
oci8.events = Off
oci8.statement_cache_size = 20