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oci_bind_array_by_name

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PECL oci8 >= 1.2.0)

oci_bind_array_by_nameBinds PHP array to Oracle PL/SQL array by name

Description

bool oci_bind_array_by_name ( resource $statement , string $name , array &$var_array , int $max_table_length [, int $max_item_length=-1 [, int $type=SQLT_AFC ]] )

Binds the PHP array var_array to the Oracle placeholder name , which points to Oracle PL/SQL array. Whether it will be used for input or output will be determined at run-time.

Parameters

statement

A valid OCI statement identifier.

name

The Oracle placeholder.

var_array

An array.

max_table_length

Sets the maximum length both for incoming and result arrays.

max_item_length

Sets maximum length for array items. If not specified or equals to -1, oci_bind_array_by_name() will use find the longest element in the incoming array and will use it as maximum length for array items.

type

Should be used to set the type of PL/SQL array items. See list of available types below:

  • SQLT_NUM - for arrays of NUMBER.

  • SQLT_INT - for arrays of INTEGER (Note: INTEGER it is actually a synonym for NUMBER(38), but SQLT_NUM type won't work in this case even though they are synonyms).

  • SQLT_FLT - for arrays of FLOAT.

  • SQLT_AFC - for arrays of CHAR.

  • SQLT_CHR - for arrays of VARCHAR2.

  • SQLT_VCS - for arrays of VARCHAR.

  • SQLT_AVC - for arrays of CHARZ.

  • SQLT_STR - for arrays of STRING.

  • SQLT_LVC - for arrays of LONG VARCHAR.

  • SQLT_ODT - for arrays of DATE.

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example #1 oci_bind_array_by_name() example

<?php

$c 
oci_connect("scott""tiger");

$create "CREATE TABLE bind_example(name VARCHAR(20))";
$statement oci_parse($c$create);
oci_execute($statement);

$create_pkg "
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE ARRAYBINDPKG1 AS
  TYPE ARRTYPE IS TABLE OF VARCHAR(20) INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
  PROCEDURE iobind(c1 IN OUT ARRTYPE);
END ARRAYBINDPKG1;"
;
$statement oci_parse($c$create_pkg);
oci_execute($statement);

$create_pkg_body "
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY ARRAYBINDPKG1 AS
  CURSOR CUR IS SELECT name FROM bind_example;
  PROCEDURE iobind(c1 IN OUT ARRTYPE) IS
    BEGIN
    FOR i IN 1..5 LOOP
      INSERT INTO bind_example VALUES (c1(i));
    END LOOP;
    IF NOT CUR%ISOPEN THEN
      OPEN CUR;
    END IF;
    FOR i IN REVERSE 1..5 LOOP
      FETCH CUR INTO c1(i);
      IF CUR%NOTFOUND THEN
        CLOSE CUR;
        EXIT;
      END IF;
    END LOOP;
  END iobind;
END ARRAYBINDPKG1;"
;
$statement oci_parse($c$create_pkg_body);
oci_execute($statement);

$statement "two""three""four""five");

oci_bind_array_by_name($statement":c1"$array5, -1SQLT_CHR);

oci_execute($statement);

var_dump($array);

?>

Notes

Note: This function is available since OCI8 release 1.2.


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