oci_new_cursor

Allocates and returns a new cursor (statement handle)

Description

resource oci_new_cursor ( resource $connection )

Allocates a new statement handle on the specified connection.

Parameters

connection

An Oracle connection identifier, returned by oci_connect or oci_pconnect.

Return Values

Returns a new statement handle, or FALSE on error.

Examples

Example #1 Using REF CURSOR in an Oracle's stored procedure

<?php
// suppose your stored procedure info.output returns a ref cursor in :data

$conn oci_connect("scott""tiger");
$curs oci_new_cursor($conn);
$stmt oci_parse($conn"begin info.output(:data); end;");

oci_bind_by_name($stmt"data"$curs, -1OCI_B_CURSOR);
oci_execute($stmt);
oci_execute($curs);

while (
$data oci_fetch_row($curs)) {
    
var_dump($data);
}

oci_free_statement($stmt);
oci_free_statement($curs);
oci_close($conn);
?>

Example #2 Using REF CURSOR in an Oracle's select statement

<?php
echo "<html><body>";
$conn oci_connect("scott""tiger");
$count_cursor "CURSOR(select count(empno) num_emps from emp " .
                
"where emp.deptno = dept.deptno) as EMPCNT from dept";
$stmt oci_parse($conn"select deptno,dname,$count_cursor");

oci_execute($stmt);
echo 
"<table border=\"1\">";
echo 
"<tr>";
echo 
"<th>DEPT NAME</th>";
echo 
"<th>DEPT #</th>";
echo 
"<th># EMPLOYEES</th>";
echo 
"</tr>";

while (
$data oci_fetch_assoc($stmt)) {
    echo 
"<tr>";
    
$dname  $data["DNAME"];
    
$deptno $data["DEPTNO"];
    echo 
"<td>$dname</td>";
    echo 
"<td>$deptno</td>";
    
oci_execute($data["EMPCNT"]);
    while (
$subdata oci_fetch_assoc($data["EMPCNT"])) {
        
$num_emps $subdata["NUM_EMPS"];
        echo  
"<td>$num_emps</td>";
    }
    echo 
"</tr>";
}
echo 
"</table>";
echo 
"</body></html>";
oci_free_statement($stmt);
oci_close($conn);
?>

Notes

Note:

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