Oracle Environment Variable Problem - OCIEnvNlsCreate() failed

We are using PHP 5.2.3 with oci8 version 1.2.3 in CentOS 5.0.
We have installed Oracle 10g in the same machine where Apache (2.2.3) is running.
First we tried to set the Oracle environment variable in httpd.conf as
SetEnv ORACLE_HOME u01/app/..../db_1
SetEnv ORACLE_SID oratest.
But we were unable to connect and got the message 'OCIEnvNlsCreate() failed'.
Then we tried to set the environment variables in root's bash profile.
Then it did work in PHP command line interface. But it didn't work in browser. Interestingly, getenv function shows the environment variables correctly (even in the browser).
We also given the read and execute permissions for all users in all directories of oracle. But still it gives the same error.
Please help.

While trying to get new oci8 php extension to work I remember trying to set parameters using SetEnv inside apache httpd.conf or inside .htaccess file. However this is not recommended and I remember seeing some suggestions as not to use SetEnv for Oracle environment variables. I also had issues with that before. I went and added bash
export ORACLE_HOME=... to the Apache startup script in /etc/init.d and this has resolved the problem for me.
I hope this helps.
Gena01

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