Using PHP/oci8 to Connect to Oracle Remote DB

With this short PHP script, you can see how I connect to a remote Oracle DB:

<?php

//Connect String
$db="(DESCRIPTION=

     (ADDRESS_LIST=

       (ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)

         (HOST=REMOTE_DB_IP)(PORT=XXXX)

       )

     )

       (CONNECT_DATA=(SID=ORACLE_SID))

 )";

//Connect to DB
$conn = oci_connect('USERNAME','PASSWORD',$db); 


//Run a sample query
$s = oci_parse($conn, 'select * from DB_TABLE');

oci_execute($s);

oci_fetch_all($s, $res);

echo "<pre>\n";

var_dump($res);

echo "</pre>\n";


//Close DB Connection
oci_close($conn);


?>