oci_field_type

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

oci_field_type — Returns a field's data type name

Description

oci_field_type ( resource $statement , mixed $field ) : mixed

Returns a field's data type name.

Parameters

statement: A valid OCI statement identifier.
field: Can be the field's index (1-based) or name.

Return Values

Returns the field data type as a string, or FALSE on errors.

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) { $m = oci_error(); trigger_error(htmlentities($m['message']), E_USER_ERROR);}$stid = oci_parse($conn, "SELECT * FROM mytab");oci_execute($stid, OCI_DESCRIBE_ONLY); // Use OCI_DESCRIBE_ONLY if not fetching rowsecho "<table border=\"1\">\n";echo "<tr>";echo "<th>Name</th>";echo "<th>Type</th>";echo "<th>Length</th>";echo "</tr>\n";$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); $column_size = oci_field_size($stid, $i); echo "<tr>"; echo "<td>$column_name</td>"; echo "<td>$column_type</td>"; echo "<td>$column_size</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 7oci_free_statement($stid);oci_close($conn);?>

Notes

Note:
In PHP versions before 5.0.0 you must use ocicolumntype() instead. This name still can be used, it was left as alias of oci_field_type() for downwards compatability. This, however, is deprecated and not recommended.

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