oci-connect LD_LIBRARY_PATH error

[Jesse Santana <jsantana@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm relatively new to PHP and have run
into a problem that has stumped me so I am hoping someone with more experience
can help me out.  

I am attempting to run PHP v 5.2.2 on
a Solaris 10 machine running Apache v2.2.4.  I have compiled PHP as
a CLI instead of an Apache module because I need our students to be able
to run scripts under their own user id's (suexec).  PHP is compiled
using the following configure parameters:

./configure --prefix=/usr/local/php5
--with-openssl \
--with-oci8=instantclient,/usr/local/oracle/instantclient_10_2
\
--with-mysql=/usr/local/mysql --with-zlib-dir=/usr/local/lib
\
--enable-fastcgi --enable-xslt --with-xslt-sablot
--with-iconv \
--with-ldap --enable-force-cgi-redirect

This command was executed after installing
the Oracle instantclient, OpenLDAP and MySQL.  Configure completes
successfully as do both make and make install.  I am now able to run
PHP scripts successfully that connect to our LDAP server and MySQL server.
 The problem I am encountering occurs when I attempt to connect to
an Oracle instance.  Any script I attempt to run generates this error
message:

PHP Warning:  oci_connect() [<a
href=''>function.oci-connect</a>]: OCIEnvNlsCreate()
failed. There is something wrong with your system - please check that LD_LIBRARY_PATH
includes the directory with Oracle Instant Client libraries in /home/bu/jsantana/htdocs/OracleTest.php
on line 10

My shell has LD_LIBRARY_PATH defined
as:

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/oracle/instantclient_10_2:/usr/local/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/sfw/lib:/usr/sfw/libexec:/usr/local/apache2/lib

Which includes the path to the Oracle
instantclient.  I have also edited Apache's envvars in $APACHE_HOME/bin
so it includes the path to the Oracle client in it's LD_LIBRARY_PATH definition.
 Neither change fixed the error.  My phpinfo(); shows that OCI8
support is enabled but I did notice that the path variable is returned
as /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin.  Since this did not include the path
to the Oracle client, I modified my test script to include the following
code.

putenv('LD_LIBRARY_PATH=');
putenv('LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/oracle/instantclient_10_2');
$val = getenv('LD_LIBRARY_PATH');
echo "Value: " . $val;

When I run the script now, I see that
my LD_LIBRARY_PATH is set to the path that includes my Oracle instantclient
files but I am still getting the error message I mentioned above.  This
error occurs whether or not I am running in safe_mode.  

So now I am stumped.  Can anyone
give me a hint as to what I am doing wrong here?  How can I get PHP
v5 running as a CLI and get it to recognize the Oracle instantclient files
installed on my system?

Thank you in advance for any help you
can provide,

Jesse

Jesse Santana
Project Lead - Enterprise Services Group
Information Technology Services
California State University, Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Blvd.
Long Beach, CA  90840
Office: (562)985-8511
Fax:     (562)985-8855