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oci_bind_array_by_name

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL OCI8 >= 1.2.0)

oci_bind_array_by_nameBinds a PHP array to an Oracle PL/SQL array parameter

Description

oci_bind_array_by_name(
    resource $statement,
    string $param,
    array &$var,
    int $max_array_length,
    int $max_item_length = -1,
    int $type = SQLT_AFC
): bool

Binds the PHP array var to the Oracle placeholder param, which points to an Oracle PL/SQL array. Whether it will be used for input or output will be determined at run-time.

Parameters

statement

A valid OCI statement identifier.

param

The Oracle placeholder.

var

An array.

max_array_length

Sets the maximum length both for incoming and result arrays.

max_item_length

Sets maximum length for array items. If not specified or equals to -1, oci_bind_array_by_name() will find the longest element in the incoming array and will use it as the maximum length.

type

Should be used to set the type of PL/SQL array items. See list of available types below:

  • SQLT_NUM - for arrays of NUMBER.

  • SQLT_INT - for arrays of INTEGER (Note: INTEGER it is actually a synonym for NUMBER(38), but SQLT_NUM type won't work in this case even though they are synonyms).

  • SQLT_FLT - for arrays of FLOAT.

  • SQLT_AFC - for arrays of CHAR.

  • SQLT_CHR - for arrays of VARCHAR2.

  • SQLT_VCS - for arrays of VARCHAR.

  • SQLT_AVC - for arrays of CHARZ.

  • SQLT_STR - for arrays of STRING.

  • SQLT_LVC - for arrays of LONG VARCHAR.

  • SQLT_ODT - for arrays of DATE.

Return Values

Returns true on success or false on failure.

Examples

Example #1 oci_bind_array_by_name() example

<?php

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

$create = "CREATE TABLE bind_example(name VARCHAR(20))";
$stid = oci_parse($conn, $create);
oci_execute($stid);

$create_pkg = "
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE ARRAYBINDPKG1 AS
TYPE ARRTYPE IS TABLE OF VARCHAR(20) INDEX BY BINARY_INTEGER;
PROCEDURE iobind(c1 IN OUT ARRTYPE);
END ARRAYBINDPKG1;"
;
$stid = oci_parse($conn, $create_pkg);
oci_execute($stid);

$create_pkg_body = "
CREATE OR REPLACE PACKAGE BODY ARRAYBINDPKG1 AS
CURSOR CUR IS SELECT name FROM bind_example;
PROCEDURE iobind(c1 IN OUT ARRTYPE) IS
BEGIN
-- Bulk Insert
FORALL i IN INDICES OF c1
INSERT INTO bind_example VALUES (c1(i));

-- Fetch and reverse
IF NOT CUR%ISOPEN THEN
OPEN CUR;
END IF;
FOR i IN REVERSE 1..5 LOOP
FETCH CUR INTO c1(i);
IF CUR%NOTFOUND THEN
CLOSE CUR;
EXIT;
END IF;
END LOOP;
END iobind;
END ARRAYBINDPKG1;"
;
$stid = oci_parse($conn, $create_pkg_body);
oci_execute($stid);

$stid = oci_parse($conn, "BEGIN arraybindpkg1.iobind(:c1); END;");
$array = array("one", "two", "three", "four", "five");
oci_bind_array_by_name($stid, ":c1", $array, 5, -1, SQLT_CHR);
oci_execute($stid);

var_dump($array);

?>

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User Contributed Notes 3 notes

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Anonymous
16 years ago
This function appears to work with PL/SQL associative arrays (index-by tables) but I was unable to get it to work with PL/SQL varrays
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david dot paper at usu dot edu
15 years ago
We were able to get the example included for the "OCI_BIND_ARRAY_BY_NAME" to work. However, the example is NOT actually binding with a PL/SQL array of any type. It is writing data to an Oracle table named "bind_example". Notice how this table is created. The table does NOT have an array type as one of its fields. Since this is the case, there cannot be any binding to a PL/SQL array because at least one field in the table must be either a VARRAY, NESTED TABLE or ASSOCIATIVE ARRAY data type. We searched the Internet and could not find any examples that actually read from a PL/SQL array type. We were able to get data from a PL/SQL VARRAY data type, but only by using a SELECT statement.
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Anonymous
17 years ago
Note that it looks like you can't bind a multi-dimensional array with this method. If you try, you'll get a Notice about Array to string conversion, and your PL/SQL will end up with a one-dimensional array filled with the a lot of string values, all saying "Array". :|
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