The following is not immediately obvious:
If you need the number of columns in a REF CURSOR returned from a PL/SQL procedure, you need to use OCINumColumns() on the cursor handle returned by OCINewCursor after it is bound and executed, not the statement handle. Same applies for OCIColumnName() and friends.
oci_num_fields
(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL OCI8 >= 1.1.0)
oci_num_fields — Returns the number of result columns in a statement
Description
Gets the number of columns in the given statement.
Parameters
-
statement -
A valid OCI statement identifier.
Return Values
Returns the number of columns as an int.
Examples
Example #1 oci_num_fields() example
<?php
// Create the table with:
// CREATE TABLE mytab (id NUMBER, quantity NUMBER);
$conn = oci_connect("hr", "hrpwd", "localhost/XE");
if (!$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
$ncols = oci_num_fields($stid);
for ($i = 1; $i <= $ncols; $i++) {
echo oci_field_name($stid, $i) . " " . oci_field_type($stid, $i) . "<br>\n";
}
// Outputs:
// ID NUMBER
// QUANTITY NUMBER
oci_free_statement($stid);
oci_close($conn);
?>
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