(PHP 5, PHP 7, PECL OCI8 >= 1.1.0) Connect to an Oracle database using a persistent connection resource oci_pconnect ( string $username, string $password [, string $connection_string [, string $character_set [, int $session_mode ]]] ) Creates a persistent connection to an Oracle server and logs on. Persistent connections are cached and re-used between requests, resulting in reduced overhead on each page load; a typical

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PECL OCI8 >= 1.1.0) Changes password of Oracle's user bool oci_password_change ( resource $connection, string $username, string $old_password, string $new_password ) resource oci_password_change ( string $dbname , string $username , string $old_password , string $new_password ) Changes password for user with username. The oci_password_change() function is most useful for PHP command-line scripts, or when

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PECL OCI8 >= 1.1.0) Prepares an Oracle statement for execution resource oci_parse ( resource $connection, string $sql_text ) Prepares sql_text using connection and returns the statement identifier, which can be used with oci_bind_by_name(), oci_execute() and other functions. Statement identifiers can be freed with oci_free_statement() or by setting the variable to NULL. Parameters:

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PECL OCI8 >= 1.1.0) Returns number of rows affected during statement execution int oci_num_rows ( resource $statement ) Gets the number of rows affected during statement execution. Parameters: statement A valid OCI statement identifier. Returns: Returns the number of rows affected as an integer, or FALSE on errors.

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PECL OCI8 >= 1.1.0) Returns the number of result columns in a statement int oci_num_fields ( resource $statement ) Gets the number of columns in the given statement. Parameters: statement A valid OCI statement identifier. Returns: Returns the number of columns as an integer, or FALSE on errors.

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PECL OCI8 >= 1.1.0) Initializes a new empty LOB or FILE descriptor OCI-Lob oci_new_descriptor ( resource $connection [, int $type = OCI_DTYPE_LOB ] ) Allocates resources to hold descriptor or LOB locator. Parameters: connection An Oracle connection identifier, returned by oci_connect() or oci_pconnect(). type Valid v

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PECL OCI8 >= 1.1.0) Allocates and returns a new cursor (statement handle) resource oci_new_cursor ( resource $connection ) Allocates a new statement handle on the specified connection. Parameters: connection An Oracle connection identifier, returned by oci_connect() or oci_pconnect(). Returns: Returns a new statement handle, or

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PECL OCI8 >= 1.1.0) Connect to the Oracle server using a unique connection resource oci_new_connect ( string $username, string $password [, string $connection_string [, string $character_set [, int $session_mode ]]] ) Establishes a new connection to an Oracle server and logs on. Unlike oci_connect() and oci_pconnect(), oci_new_connect() does not cache connections and will always return a brand-new freshly

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PECL OCI8 >= 1.1.0) Allocates new collection object OCI-Collection oci_new_collection ( resource $connection, string $tdo [, string $schema = NULL ] ) Allocates a new collection object. Parameters: connection An Oracle connection identifier, returned by oci_connect() or oci_pconnect(). tdo Should be a valid named typ

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PECL OCI8 >= 1.1.0) Compares two LOB/FILE locators for equality bool oci_lob_is_equal ( OCI-Lob $lob1, OCI-Lob $lob2 ) Compares two LOB/FILE locators. Parameters: lob1 A LOB identifier. lob2 A LOB identifier. Returns: Returns TRUE if these objects are equal, FALSE otherwise.