How to use PHP with Oracle Database 11g

This source code shows you how to connect to Oracle Database 11g and execute queries using the PHP. First of all it sets the ORACLE_HOME and ORACLE_SID Environment variables using the putenv() method.

Note that to run this code, you will need PHP OCI8 extension enable in php.ini file.

//connect to server

if(!($Connection = oci_connect("user", "password")))

{

print("Could not connect to database!\n");

exit;

}

$Query = "SELECT * FROM emp ";

//parse query

$stid = oci_parse($Connection , $Query);

// execute query

$r = oci_execute($stid);

// Fetch each row in the array

print '------------------table-----------------';

while ($row = oci_fetch_array($stid, OCI_RETURN_NULLS+OCI_ASSOC)) {

print '\n';

foreach ($row as $item) {

print ' - '.($item !== null ? htmlentities($item, ENT_QUOTES) : ' ').' ';

}

print '------------------/table-----------------';

// Close the Oracle connection

oci_close($Connection);

Here are some of the common OCI8 functions which are used to perform different operations using the PHP Source Code.

Function	Description
oci_bind_array_by_name	Binds PHP array to Oracle PL/SQL array by name
oci_bind_by_name	Binds the PHP variable to the Oracle placeholder
oci_cancel	Cancels reading from cursor
oci_close	Closes Oracle connection
oci_commit	Commits outstanding statements
oci_connect	Establishes a connection to the Oracle server
oci_define_by_name	Uses a PHP variable for the define-step during a SELECT
oci_error	Returns the last error found
oci_execute	Executes a statement
oci_fetch_all	Fetches all rows of result data into an array
oci_fetch_array	Returns the next row from the result data as an associative or numeric array, or both
oci_fetch_assoc	Returns the next row from the result data as an associative array
oci_fetch_object	Returns the next row from the result data as an object
oci_fetch_row	Returns the next row from the result data as a numeric array
oci_fetch	Fetches the next row into result-buffer
oci_field_is_null	Checks if the field 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 the size of the field
oci_field_type_raw	Tell the raw Oracle data type of the field
oci_field_type	Returns data type of the field
oci_free_statement	Frees all resources associated with statement or cursor
oci_internal_debug	Enables or disables internal debug output
oci_new_collection	Allocates new collection object
oci_new_connect	Establishes a new connection to the Oracle server
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 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_result	Returns a field’s value from a fetched row
oci_rollback	Rolls back outstanding transaction
oci_server_version	Returns server version
oci_set_prefetch	Sets number of rows to be prefetched
oci_statement_type	Returns the type of an OCI statement