php man page for oci_field_type_raw

OCI_FIELD_TYPE_RAW(3)													     OCI_FIELD_TYPE_RAW(3)

oci_field_type_raw - Tell the raw Oracle data type of the field

SYNOPSIS
       int oci_field_type_raw (resource  $statement, mixed  $field)

DESCRIPTION
	Returns Oracle's raw "SQLT" data type of the $field.

	If you want a field's type name, then use oci_field_type(3) instead.

PARAMETERS
	      o $statement
		- A valid OCI statement identifier.

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

RETURN VALUES
	Returns Oracle's raw data type as a number, or FALSE on errors.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      oci_field_type_raw(3) 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
	      $n = oci_num_fields($stid);
	      for ($i = 1; $i <= $n; ++$i) {
		  echo oci_field_name($stid, $i) . " is raw type: " . oci_field_type_raw($stid, $i) . "<br>
";
	      }

	      // Output is:
	      //    NUMBER_COL is raw type: 2
	      //    VARCHAR2_COL is raw type: 1
	      //    CLOB_COL is raw type: 112
	      //    DATE_COL is raw type: 12

	      oci_free_statement($stid);
	      oci_close($conn);

	      ?>

NOTES
       Note

	       In  PHP	versions  before  5.0.0  you  must  use  ocicolumntyperaw(3) instead. This name still can be used, it was left as alias of
	      oci_field_type_raw(3) for downwards compatability. This, however, is deprecated and not recommended.

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