oci_field_name

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

oci_field_name - Returns the name of a field from the statement

Code Examples

Example #1 oci_field_name 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 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, $i);
    echo "<tr>";
    echo "<td>$column_name</td>";
    echo "<td>$column_type</td>";
    echo "</tr>\n";
}
echo "</table>\n";
// Outputs:
//    Name           Type
//    NUMBER_COL    NUMBER
//    VARCHAR2_COL  VARCHAR2
//    CLOB_COL      CLOB
//    DATE_COL      DATE
oci_free_statement($stid);
oci_close($conn);

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oci_field_name

Example #1 oci_field_name example

Function oci_field_name:

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