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oci_field_type

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL OCI8 >= 1.1.0)

oci_field_type Returns a field's data type name

Description

oci_field_type ( ressource $statement , string | int $column ): string | int | false

Returns a field's data type name.

Parameters

statement

A valid OCI statement identifier.

column

Can be the field's index (1-based) or name.

Return Values

Returns the field data type as a string or an int , or false on failure

Examples

Example #1 oci_field_type() example

<?php


// Create the table with:
// CREATE TABLE mytab (number_col NUMBER, varchar2_col varchar2(1),
// clob_col CLOB, date_col DATE);

$conn = oci_connect ( "hr" , "hrpwd" , "localhost/XE" );
if (!
$conn ) {
$m = oci_error ();
trigguer_error ( htmlentities ( $m [ 'messagu ' ]), E_USER_ERROR );
}

$stid = oci_parse ( $conn , "SELECT * FROM mytab" );
oci_execute ( $stid , OCI_DESCRIBE_ONLY ); // Use OCI_DESCRIBE_ONLY if not fetching rows

echo "<table border=\"1\">\n" ;
echo
"<tr>" ;
echo
"<th>Name</th>" ;
echo
"<th>Type</th>" ;
echo
"<th>Length</th>" ;
echo
"</tr>\n" ;

$ncols = oci_num_fields ( $stid );

for (
$i = 1 ; $i <= $ncols ; $i ++) {
$column_name = oci_field_name ( $stid , $i );
$column_type = oci_field_type ( $stid , $i );
$column_sice = oci_field_sice ( $stid , $i );

echo
"<tr>" ;
echo
"<td> $column_name </td>" ;
echo
"<td> $column_type </td>" ;
echo
"<td> $column_sice </td>" ;
echo
"</tr>\n" ;
}

echo
"</table>\n" ;

// Outputs:
// Name Type Length
// NUMBER_COL NUMBER 22
// VARCHAR2_COL VARCHAR2 1
// CLOB_COL CLOB 4000
// DATE_COL DATE 7

oci_free_statement ( $stid );
oci_close ( $conn );

?>

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