This function appears to work with PL/SQL associative arrays (index-by tables) but I was unable to get it to work with PL/SQL varrays
(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PHP 7, PECL OCI8 >= 1.2.0)
oci_bind_array_by_name — Binds a PHP array to an Oracle PL/SQL array parameter
$statement
, string $name
, array &$var_array
, int $max_table_length
[, int $max_item_length = -1
[, int $type = SQLT_AFC
]] )
Binds the PHP array var_array to the Oracle
placeholder name, which points to an Oracle PL/SQL
array. Whether it will be used for input or output will be determined at
run-time.
statementA valid OCI statement identifier.
nameThe Oracle placeholder.
var_arrayAn array.
max_table_lengthSets the maximum length both for incoming and result arrays.
max_item_lengthSets 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.
typeShould 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.
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
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);
?>
This function appears to work with PL/SQL associative arrays (index-by tables) but I was unable to get it to work with PL/SQL varrays
Note that it looks like you can't bind a multi-dimensional array with this method. If you try, you'll get a Notice about Array to string conversion, and your PL/SQL will end up with a one-dimensional array filled with the a lot of string values, all saying "Array". :|
We were able to get the example included for the "OCI_BIND_ARRAY_BY_NAME" to work. However, the example is NOT actually binding with a PL/SQL array of any type. It is writing data to an Oracle table named "bind_example". Notice how this table is created. The table does NOT have an array type as one of its fields. Since this is the case, there cannot be any binding to a PL/SQL array because at least one field in the table must be either a VARRAY, NESTED TABLE or ASSOCIATIVE ARRAY data type. We searched the Internet and could not find any examples that actually read from a PL/SQL array type. We were able to get data from a PL/SQL VARRAY data type, but only by using a SELECT statement.