php man page for oci_new_cursor

OCI_NEW_CURSOR(3)														 OCI_NEW_CURSOR(3)

oci_new_cursor - Allocates and returns a new cursor (statement handle)

SYNOPSIS
       resource oci_new_cursor (resource  $connection)

DESCRIPTION
	Allocates a new statement handle on the specified connection.

PARAMETERS
	      o $connection
		- An Oracle connection identifier, returned by oci_connect(3) or oci_pconnect(3).

RETURN VALUES
	Returns a new statement handle, or FALSE on error.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      Binding a REF CURSOR in an Oracle stored procedure call

	      <?php

	      // Precreate:
	      //   create or replace procedure myproc(myrc out sys_refcursor) as
	      //   begin
	      //     open myrc for select first_name from employees;
	      //   end;

	      $conn = oci_connect("hr", "hrpwd", "localhost/XE");
	      if (!$conn) {
		  $m = oci_error();
		  trigger_error(htmlentities($m['message']), E_USER_ERROR);
	      }

	      $curs = oci_new_cursor($conn);
	      $stid = oci_parse($conn, "begin myproc(:cursbv); end;");
	      oci_bind_by_name($stid, ":cursbv", $curs, -1, OCI_B_CURSOR);
	      oci_execute($stid);

	      oci_execute($curs);  // Execute the REF CURSOR like a normal statement id
	      while (($row = oci_fetch_array($curs, OCI_ASSOC+OCI_RETURN_NULLS)) != false) {
		  echo $row['FIRST_NAME'] . "<br />
";
	      }

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

	      ?>

NOTES
       Note

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

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