php man page for oci_result

OCI_RESULT(3)															     OCI_RESULT(3)

oci_result - Returns field's value from the fetched row

SYNOPSIS
       mixed oci_result (resource  $statement, mixed  $field)

DESCRIPTION
	Returns the data from $field in the current row, fetched by oci_fetch(3).

       For details on the data type mapping performed by the OCI8 extension, see the datatypes supported by the driver

PARAMETERS
	      o $statement
		-

	      o $field
		-  Can be either use the column number (1-based) or the column name. The case of the column name must be the case that Oracle meta
		data describes the column as, which is uppercase for columns created case insensitively.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns everything as strings except for abstract types (ROWIDs, LOBs and FILEs). Returns FALSE on error.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      oci_fetch(3) with oci_result(3)

	      <?php

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

	      $sql = 'SELECT location_id, city FROM locations WHERE location_id < 1200';
	      $stid = oci_parse($conn, $sql);
	      oci_execute($stid);

	      while (oci_fetch($stid)) {
		  echo oci_result($stid, 'LOCATION_ID') . " is ";
		  echo oci_result($stid, 'CITY') . "<br>
";
	      }

	      // Displays:
	      //   1000 is Roma
	      //   1100 is Venice

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

	      ?>

NOTES
       Note

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

SEE ALSO
       oci_fetch_array(3), oci_fetch_assoc(3), oci_fetch_object(3), oci_fetch_row(3), oci_fetch_all(3).

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