oci_field_size

(PHP 5, PECL OCI8 >= 1.1.0)

oci_field_size — Returns field's size

Description

int oci_field_size ( resource $statement , mixed $field )

Returns the size of a field.

Parameters

statement

A valid OCI statement identifier.

field

Can be the field's index (1-based) or name.

Return Values

Returns the size of a field in bytes, or FALSE on errors.

Examples

Example #1 oci_field_size() 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>";

oci_free_statement($stmt);
oci_close($conn);
?>

Notes

Note:

In PHP versions before 5.0.0 you must use ocicolumnsize() instead. This name still can be used, it was left as alias of oci_field_size() for downwards compatability. This, however, is deprecated and not recommended.

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