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Presentation: Web-Scale PHP Databases (from PHP Conf Brasil) See the presentation delivered by Oracle's Chris Jones at the recent PHP Conference Brasil in Sao Paulo. posted Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:03:32 +0000 Customer Success: Fiat Chooses PHP, Oracle, and Zend for FiatLink Fiat Group Automobiles produces nearly 2 million automobiles a year, and selected Oracle and Zend to build their PHP-based Fiatlink system which connects dealers and service centers with the manufacturer for car orders, information, and more. posted Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:35:08 +0000 Video: Oracle Database 11g Basics for PHP Developers In this video captured from a recent Singapore PHP Meetup, Oracle's Blair Layton explains how developers can take advantage of specific PHP-friendly features in Oracle Database 11g such as Database Resident Connection Pooling. Includes demos as well as sample code. posted Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:59:01 +0000 OpenWorld Presentation: Building and Deploying Web-Scale Social Networking Applications, Using PHP and Oracle Database This OpenWorld 2008 presentation from Community Connect explains their use of Oracle Database + PHP for a massively scalable Web app. posted Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:46:59 +0000 Podcast from Oracle OpenWorld 2008: Dynamic Language Duo Chris Jones and Kuassi Mensah, Oracle's dynamic duo for evangelizing Oracle and dynamic languages, provide an update. posted Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:27:37 +0000 Blog: Oracle + PHP and Ruby on Rails at Oracle OpenWorld 2008 This blog post from Kuassi Mensah summarizes all the sessions and hands-on labs of interest to PHP-ers and RoR-heads at Oracle OpenWorld. posted Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:50:09 +0000

Installation Guides
	Installing Oracle Database 11g and Zend Core for Oracle
	Installing Oracle Database 10g Express Edition and Zend Core for Oracle
	Installing Apache, PHP, JDeveloper, and the PHP Extension on Linux
	Installing PHP and the Oracle 10g Instant Client for Linux and Windows
	Installing Oracle, PHP, and Apache on Linux
	Installing Oracle, PHP, and Apache on Windows 2000/XP
	Set Up Oracle Database 10g and PHP on Mac OS X

Technical White Papers & Presentations
	Presentation: Web-Scale PHP Database Connection Management (Oracle OpenWorld 2008)		Presentation: Building and Deploying Web-Scale Social Networking Applications, Using PHP and Oracle Database (Oracle OpenWorld 2008)
	White Paper: PHP Scalability and High Availability: DRCP and Fast Application Notification		Presentation: Scale Your PHP Application to Tens of Thousands of Connections (Oracle OpenWorld 2007)
	White Paper: OCI Development Tips and Techniques		Presentation: The Way to the Web with PHP and Oracle Database (Oracle OpenWorld 2007)

Oracle+PHP Cookbook Recipes
	Creating an Ajax Process Using PHP
	Building a Locator with ZIP Data
	Creating Oracle-Powered SOAP Services in PHP
	Online PayPal Payments with PHP
	Adding Google-like Search Operators to Simple Search Boxes
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Sample Book Chapters
	Oracle Database 10g Express Edition PHP Web Programming from Oracle Press
	Learning PHP5 from O'Reilly & Associates
	PHP Cookbook from O'Reilly & Associates
	PHP Programming from O'Reilly & Associates