oci_execute
(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL OCI8 >= 1.1.0)
oci_execute — Executes a statement
Description
$statement, int $mode = OCI_COMMIT_ON_SUCCESS): bool
Executes a statement previously returned
from oci_parse().
After execution, statements like INSERT will
have data committed to the database by default. For statements
like SELECT, execution performs the logic of the
query. Query results can subsequently be fetched in PHP with
functions like oci_fetch_array().
Each parsed statement may be executed multiple times, saving the
cost of re-parsing. This is commonly used
for INSERT statements when data is bound
with oci_bind_by_name().
Parameters
-
statement -
A valid OCI statement identifier.
-
mode -
An optional second parameter can be one of the following constants:
Execution Modes Constant Description OCI_COMMIT_ON_SUCCESSAutomatically commit all outstanding changes for this connection when the statement has succeeded. This is the default. OCI_DESCRIBE_ONLYMake query meta data available to functions like oci_field_name() but do not create a result set. Any subsequent fetch call such as oci_fetch_array() will fail. OCI_NO_AUTO_COMMITDo not automatically commit changes. Prior to PHP 5.3.2 (PECL OCI8 1.4) use OCI_DEFAULTwhich is equivalent toOCI_NO_AUTO_COMMIT.Using
OCI_NO_AUTO_COMMITmode starts or continues a transaction. Transactions are automatically rolled back when the connection is closed, or when the script ends. Explicitly call oci_commit() to commit a transaction, or oci_rollback() to abort it.When inserting or updating data, using transactions is recommended for relational data consistency and for performance reasons.
If
OCI_NO_AUTO_COMMITmode is used for any statement including queries, and oci_commit() or oci_rollback() is not subsequently called, then OCI8 will perform a rollback at the end of the script even if no data was changed. To avoid an unnecessary rollback, many scripts do not useOCI_NO_AUTO_COMMITmode for queries or PL/SQL. Be careful to ensure the appropriate transactional consistency for the application when using oci_execute() with different modes in the same script.
Return Values
Returns true on success or false on failure.
Examples
Example #1 oci_execute() for queries
<?php
$conn = oci_connect('hr', 'welcome', 'localhost/XE');
$stid = oci_parse($conn, 'SELECT * FROM employees');
oci_execute($stid);
echo "<table border='1'>\n";
while ($row = oci_fetch_array($stid, OCI_ASSOC+OCI_RETURN_NULLS)) {
echo "<tr>\n";
foreach ($row as $item) {
echo " <td>" . ($item !== null ? htmlentities($item, ENT_QUOTES) : " ") . "</td>\n";
}
echo "</tr>\n";
}
echo "</table>\n";
?>
Example #2 oci_execute() without specifying a mode example
<?php
// Before running, create the table:
// CREATE TABLE MYTABLE (col1 NUMBER);
$conn = oci_connect('hr', 'welcome', 'localhost/XE');
$stid = oci_parse($conn, 'INSERT INTO mytab (col1) VALUES (123)');
oci_execute($stid); // The row is committed and immediately visible to other users
?>
Example #3 oci_execute() with OCI_NO_AUTO_COMMIT example
<?php
// Before running, create the table:
// CREATE TABLE MYTABLE (col1 NUMBER);
$conn = oci_connect('hr', 'welcome', 'localhost/XE');
$stid = oci_parse($conn, 'INSERT INTO mytab (col1) VALUES (:bv)');
oci_bind_by_name($stid, ':bv', $i, 10);
for ($i = 1; $i <= 5; ++$i) {
oci_execute($stid, OCI_NO_AUTO_COMMIT); // use OCI_DEFAULT for PHP <= 5.3.1
}
oci_commit($conn); // commits all new values: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
?>
Example #4 oci_execute() with different commit modes example
<?php
// Before running, create the table:
// CREATE TABLE MYTABLE (col1 NUMBER);
$conn = oci_connect('hr', 'welcome', 'localhost/XE');
$stid = oci_parse($conn, 'INSERT INTO mytab (col1) VALUES (123)');
oci_execute($stid, OCI_NO_AUTO_COMMIT); // data not committed
$stid = oci_parse($conn, 'INSERT INTO mytab (col1) VALUES (456)');
oci_execute($stid); // commits both 123 and 456 values
?>
Example #5 oci_execute() with
OCI_DESCRIBE_ONLY example
<?php
$conn = oci_connect('hr', 'welcome', 'localhost/XE');
$stid = oci_parse($conn, 'SELECT * FROM locations');
oci_execute($s, OCI_DESCRIBE_ONLY);
for ($i = 1; $i <= oci_num_fields($stid); ++$i) {
echo oci_field_name($stid, $i) . "<br>\n";
}
?>
Notes
Note:
Transactions are automatically rolled back when connections are closed, or when the script ends, whichever is soonest. Explicitly call oci_commit() to commit a transaction.
Any call to oci_execute() that uses
OCI_COMMIT_ON_SUCCESSmode explicitly or by default will commit any previous uncommitted transaction.Any Oracle DDL statement such as
CREATEorDROPwill automatically commit any uncommitted transaction.
Note:
Because the oci_execute() function generally sends the statement to the database, oci_execute() can identify some statement syntax errors that the lightweight, local oci_parse() function does not.
