ocibindbyname

Description

ocibindbyname() binds the PHP variable variable to the Oracle placeholder ph_name. Whether it will be used for input or output will be determined run-time, and the necessary storage space will be allocated. The length parameter sets the maximum length for the bind. If you set length to -1 ocibindbyname() will use the current length of variable to set the maximum length.

If you need to bind an abstract Datatype (LOB/ROWID/BFILE) you need to allocate it first using ocinewdescriptor() function. The length is not used for abstract Datatypes and should be set to -1. The type variable tells oracle, what kind of descriptor we want to use. Possible values are: OCI_B_FILE (Binary-File), OCI_B_CFILE (Character-File), OCI_B_CLOB (Character-LOB), OCI_B_BLOB (Binary-LOB) and OCI_B_ROWID (ROWID).

Example 1. ocibindbyname() example <?php /* OCIBindByPos example thies at thieso dot net (980221) inserts 3 records into emp, and uses the ROWID for updating the records just after the insert. */ $conn = OCILogon("scott","tiger"); $stmt = OCIParse($conn,"insert into emp (empno, ename) ". "values (:empno,:ename) ". "returning ROWID into :rid"); $data = array(1111 => "Larry", 2222 => "Bill", 3333 => "Jim"); $rowid = OCINewDescriptor($conn,OCI_D_ROWID); OCIBindByName($stmt,":empno",$empno,32); OCIBindByName($stmt,":ename",$ename,32); OCIBindByName($stmt,":rid",$rowid,-1,OCI_B_ROWID); $update = OCIParse($conn,"update emp set sal = :sal where ROWID = :rid"); OCIBindByName($update,":rid",$rowid,-1,OCI_B_ROWID); OCIBindByName($update,":sal",$sal,32); $sal = 10000; while (list($empno,$ename) = each($data)) { OCIExecute($stmt); OCIExecute($update); } $rowid->free(); OCIFreeStatement($update); OCIFreeStatement($stmt); $stmt = OCIParse($conn,"select * from emp where empno in (1111,2222,3333)"); OCIExecute($stmt); while (OCIFetchInto($stmt,&$arr,OCI_ASSOC)) { var_dump($arr); } OCIFreeStatement($stmt); /* delete our "junk" from the emp table.... */ $stmt = OCIParse($conn,"delete from emp where empno in (1111,2222,3333)"); OCIExecute($stmt); OCIFreeStatement($stmt); OCILogoff($conn); ?>