# OCI8 Functions

## Table of Contents

- oci_bind_array_by_name — Binds a PHP array to an Oracle PL/SQL array parameter
- oci_bind_by_name — Binds a PHP variable to an Oracle placeholder
- oci_cancel — Cancels reading from cursor
- oci_client_version — Returns the Oracle client library version
- oci_close — Closes an Oracle connection
- oci_commit — Commits the outstanding database transaction
- oci_connect — Connect to an Oracle database
- oci_define_by_name — Associates a PHP variable with a column for query fetches
- oci_error — Returns the last error found
- oci_execute — Executes a statement
- oci_fetch_all — Fetches multiple rows from a query into a two-dimensional array
- oci_fetch_array — Returns the next row from a query as an associative or numeric array
- oci_fetch_assoc — Returns the next row from a query as an associative array
- oci_fetch_object — Returns the next row from a query as an object
- oci_fetch_row — Returns the next row from a query as a numeric array
- oci_fetch — Fetches the next row from a query into internal buffers
- oci_field_is_null — Checks if a field in the currently fetched row is NULL
- oci_field_name — Returns the name of a field from the statement
- oci_field_precision — Tell the precision of a field
- oci_field_scale — Tell the scale of the field
- oci_field_size — Returns field's size
- oci_field_type_raw — Tell the raw Oracle data type of the field
- oci_field_type — Returns a field's data type name
- oci_free_descriptor — Frees a descriptor
- oci_free_statement — Frees all resources associated with statement or cursor
- oci_get_implicit_resultset — Returns the next child statement resource from a parent statement resource that has Oracle Database 12c Implicit Result Sets
- oci_internal_debug — Enables or disables internal debug output
- oci_lob_copy — Copies large object
- oci_lob_is_equal — Compares two LOB/FILE locators for equality
- oci_new_collection — Allocates new collection object
- oci_new_connect — Connect to the Oracle server using a unique connection
- oci_new_cursor — Allocates and returns a new cursor (statement handle)
- oci_new_descriptor — Initializes a new empty LOB or FILE descriptor
- oci_num_fields — Returns the number of result columns in a statement
- oci_num_rows — Returns number of rows affected during statement execution
- oci_parse — Prepares an Oracle statement for execution
- oci_password_change — Changes password of Oracle's user
- oci_pconnect — Connect to an Oracle database using a persistent connection
- oci_register_taf_callback — Register a user-defined callback function for Oracle Database TAF
- oci_result — Returns field's value from the fetched row
- oci_rollback — Rolls back the outstanding database transaction
- oci_server_version — Returns the Oracle Database version
- oci_set_action — Sets the action name
- oci_set_call_timeout — Sets a millisecond timeout for database calls
- oci_set_client_identifier — Sets the client identifier
- oci_set_client_info — Sets the client information
- oci_set_db_operation — Sets the database operation
- oci_set_edition — Sets the database edition
- oci_set_module_name — Sets the module name
- oci_set_prefetch — Sets number of rows to be prefetched by queries
- oci_statement_type — Returns the type of a statement
- oci_unregister_taf_callback — Unregister a user-defined callback function for Oracle Database TAF