oci_num_fields

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL OCI8 >= 1.1.0)

oci_num_fieldsReturns the number of result columns in a statement

Description

oci_num_fields(resource $statement): int

Gets the number of columns in the given statement.

Parameters

statement

A valid OCI statement identifier.

Return Values

Returns the number of columns as an int.

Examples

Example #1 oci_num_fields() example

<?php

// Create the table with:
// CREATE TABLE mytab (id NUMBER, quantity NUMBER);

$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

$ncols = oci_num_fields($stid);
for (
$i = 1; $i <= $ncols; $i++) {
echo
oci_field_name($stid, $i) . " " . oci_field_type($stid, $i) . "<br>\n";
}

// Outputs:
// ID NUMBER
// QUANTITY NUMBER

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

?>

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jnield at impole dot com
24 years ago
The following is not immediately obvious:

If you need the number of columns in a REF CURSOR returned from a PL/SQL procedure, you need to use OCINumColumns() on the cursor handle returned by OCINewCursor after it is bound and executed, not the statement handle. Same applies for OCIColumnName() and friends.
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