ocicolumntype

(PHP 3>= 3.0.4, PHP 4 , PHP 5)

ocicolumntype -- Returns the data type of a column

Description

mixed ocicolumntype ( resource stmt, int col)

ocicolumntype() returns the data type of the column corresponding to the column number (1-based) that is passed in.

Example 1. ocicolumntype() example

<?php   
    $conn
= OCILogon("scott", "tiger");
    
$stmt = OCIParse($conn, "select * from emp");
    
OCIExecute($stmt);
    echo
"<table border=\"1\">";
    echo
"<tr>";
    echo
"<th>Name</th>";
    echo
"<th>Type</th>";
    echo
"<th>Length</th>";
    echo
"</tr>";
    
$ncols = OCINumCols($stmt);
    for (
$i = 1; $i <= $ncols; $i++) {
        
$column_name  = OCIColumnName($stmt, $i);
        
$column_type  = OCIColumnType($stmt, $i);
        
$column_size  = OCIColumnSize($stmt, $i);
        echo
"<tr>";
        echo
"<td>$column_name</td>";
        echo
"<td>$column_type</td>";
        echo
"<td>$column_size</td>";
        echo
"</tr>";
    }
    echo
"</table>\n";
    
OCIFreeStatement($stmt);  
    
OCILogoff($conn);   
?>

Note: This function was renamed to oci_field_type() after PHP >= 5.0.0. For downward compatibility ocicolumntype() can also be used. This is deprecated, however.