

The chapter on connection pooling is derived from the Oracle white paper PHP Scalability and High Availability. The chapter on globalization is derived from the Oracle Database Express Edition 2 Day Plus PHP Developer Guide. The latest edition of this book is available free online at: Authors: Christopher Jones and Alison Holloway Contributors and acknowledgments: Vladimir Barriere, Luxi Chidambaran, Robert Clevenger, Antony Dovgal, Wez Furlong, Maurice Gamanho, Deepak Goel, Sue Harper, Manuel Hoßfeld, Ken Jacobs, Srinath Krishnaswamy, Shoaib Lari, Simon Law, Krishna Mohan, Craig Mohrman, Chuck Murray, Kevin Neel, Kant Patel, Charles Poulsen, Karthik Rajan, Richard Rendell, Roy Rossebo, Jeffrey Rubinoff, Michael Sekurski, Sreekumar Seshadri, Mohammad Sowdagar, Makoto Tozawa, Todd Trichler, Simon Watt, Zahi, Shuping Zhou. The Underground PHP and Oracle Manual, Release 2.0, December 2012. PH The Underground PHP and Oracle Manual CH R I STO P H E R JO N E S A N D A L I S O N HO L LOWAY Updated for Oracle Database Express Edition 11g Release 2
