PHP Manual: Binds a PHP array to an Oracle PL/SQL array parameter

Description

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

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);

?>