ocinumcols

(PHP 3>= 3.0.4, PHP 4 , PHP 5)

ocinumcols --  Return the number of result columns in a statement

Description

int ocinumcols ( resource stmt)

ocinumcols() returns the number of columns in the statement stmt.

Example 1. ocinumcols() example

<?php   
    
echo "<pre>\n";   
    
$conn = OCILogon("scott", "tiger");
    
$stmt = OCIParse($conn, "select * from emp");
    
OCIExecute($stmt);
    while (
OCIFetch($stmt)) {
        echo
"\n";   
        
$ncols = OCINumCols($stmt);
        for (
$i = 1; $i <= $ncols; $i++) {
            
$column_name  = OCIColumnName($stmt, $i);
            
$column_value = OCIResult($stmt, $i);
            echo
$column_name . ': ' . $column_value . "\n";
        }
        echo
"\n";
    }
    
OCIFreeStatement($stmt);  
    
OCILogoff($conn);   
    echo
"</pre>";
?>

Note: This function was renamed to oci_num_fields() after PHP >= 5.0.0. For downward compatibility ocinumcols() can also be used. This is deprecated, however.