oci_field_type

(PHP 5)

oci_field_type -- Returns field's data type

Description

mixed oci_field_type ( resource stmt, int field )

oci_field_type() returns a field's data type. Parameter field is an index of the field in the statement (1-based).

Example 1. oci_field_type() example

<?php   
    $conn 
oci_connect("scott""tiger");
    
$stmt oci_parse($conn"SELECT * FROM emp");
    
oci_execute($stmt);
    
    echo 
"<table border=\"1\">";
    echo 
"<tr>";
    echo 
"<th>Name</th>";
    echo 
"<th>Type</th>";
    echo 
"<th>Length</th>";
    echo 
"</tr>";
   
    
$ncols oci_num_fields($stmt);
   
    for (
$i 1$i <= $ncols$i++) {
        
$column_name  oci_field_name($stmt$i);
        
$column_type  oci_field_type($stmt$i);
        
$column_size  oci_field_size($stmt$i);
        
        echo 
"<tr>";
        echo 
"<td>$column_name</td>";
        echo 
"<td>$column_type</td>";
        echo 
"<td>$column_size</td>";
        echo 
"</tr>";
    }
       
    echo 
"</table>\n"
   
    
oci_free_statement($stmt);  
    
oci_close($conn);   
?>

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.

See also oci_num_fields(), oci_field_name(), and oci_field_size().