<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Returns field's data type</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.oci-field-type-raw.html">oci_field_type_raw</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.oci-free-descriptor.html">oci_free_descriptor</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.oci8.html">OCI8 Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="function.oci-field-type" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">oci_field_type</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PHP 5, PECL OCI8 >= 1.1.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">oci_field_type</span> — <span class="dc-title">Returns field's data type</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.oci-field-type-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>oci_field_type</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$statement</code></span> , <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$field</code></span> )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> Returns a field's data type. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.oci-field-type-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">statement</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> A valid OCI statement identifier. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">field</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> Can be the field's index (1-based) or name. </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.oci-field-type-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> Returns the field data type as a string, or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on errors. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.oci-field-type-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> <div class="example" id="example-2001"> <p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>oci_field_type()</strong></span> example</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$conn </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">oci_connect</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"scott"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"tiger"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$stmt </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">oci_parse</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$conn</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"SELECT * FROM emp"</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">oci_execute</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$stmt</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"<table border=\"1\">"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"<tr>"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"<th>Name</th>"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"<th>Type</th>"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"<th>Length</th>"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"</tr>"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ncols </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">oci_num_fields</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$stmt</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br />for (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i </span><span style="color: #007700"><= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ncols</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i</span><span style="color: #007700">++) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$column_name </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">oci_field_name</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$stmt</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$column_type </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">oci_field_type</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$stmt</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$column_size </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">oci_field_size</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$stmt</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$i</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"<tr>"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"<td></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$column_name</span><span style="color: #DD0000"></td>"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"<td></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$column_type</span><span style="color: #DD0000"></td>"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"<td></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$column_size</span><span style="color: #DD0000"></td>"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"</tr>"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />}<br /><br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"</table>\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">oci_free_statement</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$stmt</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">oci_close</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$conn</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-function.oci-field-type-notes"> <h3 class="title">Notes</h3> <blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>: <p class="para"> In PHP versions before 5.0.0 you must use <span class="function"><a href="function.ocicolumntype.html" class="function">ocicolumntype()</a></span> instead. This name still can be used, it was left as alias of <span class="function"><strong>oci_field_type()</strong></span> for downwards compatability. This, however, is deprecated and not recommended. </p> </p></blockquote> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.oci-field-type-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.oci-num-fields.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">oci_num_fields()</a> - Returns the number of result columns in a statement</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.oci-field-name.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">oci_field_name()</a> - Returns the name of a field from the statement</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.oci-field-size.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">oci_field_size()</a> - Returns field's size</span></li> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.oci-field-type-raw.html">oci_field_type_raw</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.oci-free-descriptor.html">oci_free_descriptor</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.oci8.html">OCI8 Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>