oci_error

    (PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL OCI8 >= 1.1.0)

    oci_error — Returns the last error found

    Description

    oci_error(?resource$connection_or_statement = null): array|false

    Returns the last error found.

    The function should be called immediately after an error occurs. Errors are cleared by a successful statement.

    Parameters

    connection_or_statement

    For most errors, connection_or_statement is the resource handle that was passed to the failing function call. For connection errors with oci_connect(), oci_new_connect() or oci_pconnect()null should be passed.

    Return Values

    If no error is found, oci_error() returns false. Otherwise, oci_error() returns the error information as an associative array.

    oci_error() Array Description
    Array keyTypeDescription
    codeint The Oracle error number.
    messagestring The Oracle error text.
    offsetint The byte position of an error in the SQL statement. If there was no statement, this is 0
    sqltextstring The SQL statement text. If there was no statement, this is an empty string.

    Changelog

    VersionDescription
    8.0.0, PECL OCI8 3.0.0connection_or_statement is now nullable.

    Examples

    Example #1 Displaying the Oracle error message after a connection error

    <?php
    $conn     = oci_connect("hr", "welcome", "localhost/XE");
    if (!    $conn) {
    $e = oci_error(); // For oci_connect errors do not pass a handle
    trigger_error(htmlentities($e['message']), E_USER_ERROR);
    }
    ?>

    Example #2 Displaying the Oracle error message after a parsing error

    <?php
    $stid     = oci_parse($conn, "select ' from dual"); // note mismatched quote
    if (!$stid) {
    $e = oci_error($conn); // For oci_parse errors pass the connection handle
    trigger_error(htmlentities($e['message']), E_USER_ERROR);
    }
    ?>

    Example #3 Displaying the Oracle error message, the problematic statement, and the position of the problem of an execution error

    <?php
    $stid     = oci_parse($conn, "select does_not_exist from dual");
    $r = oci_execute($stid);
    if (!    $r) {
    $e = oci_error($stid); // For oci_execute errors pass the statement handle
    print htmlentities($e['message']);
    print     "\n<pre>\n";
    print     htmlentities($e['sqltext']);
    printf("\n%".($e['offset']+1)."s", "^");
    print     "\n</pre>\n";
    }
    ?>
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