Supported Datatypes

The driver supports the following types when binding parameters using oci_bind_by_name() function:

Type	Mapping
SQLT_NTY	Maps a native collection type from a PHP collection object, such as those created by oci_new_collection().
SQLT_BFILEE	Maps a native descriptor, such as those created by oci_new_descriptor().
SQLT_CFILEE	Maps a native descriptor, such as those created by oci_new_descriptor().
SQLT_CLOB	Maps a native descriptor, such as those created by oci_new_descriptor().
SQLT_BLOB	Maps a native descriptor, such as those created by oci_new_descriptor().
SQLT_RDD	Maps a native descriptor, such as those created by oci_new_descriptor().
SQLT_NUM	Converts the PHP parameter to a 'C' long type, and binds to that value.
SQLT_RSET	Maps a native statement handle, such as those created by oci_parse() or those retrieved from other OCI queries.
SQLT_CHR and any other type	Converts the PHP parameter to a string type and binds as a string.

The following types are supported when retrieving columns from a result set:

Type	Mapping
SQLT_RSET	Creates an oci statement resource to represent the the cursor.
SQLT_RDD	Creates a ROWID object.
SQLT_BLOB	Creates a LOB object.
SQLT_CLOB	Creates a LOB object.
SQLT_BFILE	Creates a LOB object.
SQLT_LNG	Bound as SQLT_CHR, returned as a string
SQLT_LBI	Bound as SQLT_BIN, returned as a string
Any other type	Bound as SQLT_CHR, returned as a string