Supported Datatypes

**The driver supports the following types when binding parameters using the** oci_bind_by_name() function:
Type	Mapping
`SQLT_NTY`	Maps a native collection type from a PHP collection object, such as those created by oci_new_collection().
`SQLT_BFILEE`	Maps a native descriptor, such as those created by oci_new_descriptor().
`SQLT_CFILEE`	Maps a native descriptor, such as those created by oci_new_descriptor().
`SQLT_CLOB`	Maps a native descriptor, such as those created by oci_new_descriptor().
`SQLT_BLOB`	Maps a native descriptor, such as those created by oci_new_descriptor().
`SQLT_RDD`	Maps a native descriptor, such as those created by oci_new_descriptor().
`SQLT_NUM`	Converts the PHP parameter to a 'C' long type, and binds to that value.
`SQLT_RSET`	Maps a native statement handle, such as those created by oci_parse() or those retrieved from other OCI queries.
`SQLT_BOL`	Bind the PHP parameter to a PL/SQL BOOLEAN
`SQLT_CHR` and any other type	Converts the PHP parameter to a string type and binds as a string.

**The following types are supported when retrieving columns from a result set:**
Type	Mapping
`SQLT_RSET`	Creates an oci statement resource to represent the cursor.
`SQLT_RDD`	Creates a ROWID object.
`SQLT_BLOB`	Creates a LOB object.
`SQLT_CLOB`	Creates a LOB object.
`SQLT_BFILE`	Creates a LOB object.
`SQLT_LNG`	Bound as SQLT_CHR, returned as a string
`SQLT_LBI`	Bound as `SQLT_BIN`, returned as a string
Any other type	Bound as `SQLT_CHR`, returned as a string

Php/docs/oci8.datatypes