With oci_fetch()
, the next result row is read into internal buffers that can be read by oci_result()
. So you would do the call like this:
$st_handle = oci_parse($oci_conn, 'SELECT some_field, another_field FROM some_table');
oci_execute($st_handle);
while(oci_fetch($st_handle)) {
$some_field = oci_result($st_handle, 'some_field');
var_dump($some_field);
$another_field = oci_result($st_handle, 'another_field');
var_dump($another_field);
}
Alternately, instead of using oci_result()
you can pre-define the variables you will load into the internal buffer using oci_define_by_name()
like this:
$st_handle = oci_parse($oci_conn, 'SELECT some_field, another_field FROM some_table');
oci_define_by_name($st_handle, 'some_field', $some_field);
oci_define_by_name($st_handle, 'another_field', $another_field);
oci_execute($st_handle);
while(oci_fetch($st_handle)) {
var_dump($some_field);
var_dump($another_field);
}
Obviously, this is more verbose than using something like oci_fetch_array()
or oci_fetch_object()
where you don't need to explicitly define variables to read the results into.
$st_handle = oci_parse($oci_conn, 'SELECT some_field, another_field FROM some_table');
oci_execute($st_handle);
while($row = oci_fetch_array($st_handle, OCI_ASSOC)) {
var_dump($row['some_field']);
var_dump($row['another_field']);
}
There shouldn't be any significant performance difference. Either way, you are eventually going to need to assign the result set into the memory of a variable or variables that you can use.