oci_field_is_null
(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL OCI8 >= 1.1.0)
oci_field_is_null — Checks if a field in the currently fetched row is null
Description
$statement
, string|int $column
): bool
Checks if the given column
from the current row of
statement
is null
.
Parameters
-
statement
-
A valid OCI statement identifier.
-
column
-
Can be the field's index (1-based) or name.
Return Values
Returns true
if column
is null
, false
otherwise.
Examples
Example #1 oci_field_name() example
<?php
// Create the table with:
// CREATE TABLE mytab (c1 NUMBER);
// INSERT INTO mytab VALUES (1);
// INSERT INTO mytab VALUES (NULL);
$conn = oci_connect("hr", "hrpwd", "localhost/XE");
if (!$conn) {
$m = oci_error();
trigger_error(htmlentities($m['message']), E_USER_ERROR);
}
$stid = oci_parse($conn, "SELECT * FROM mytab");
oci_execute($stid);
while (($row = oci_fetch_array($stid, OCI_RETURN_NULLS)) != false) {
$ncols = oci_num_fields($stid);
for ($col = 1; $col <= $ncols; $col++) {
var_dump(oci_field_is_null($stid, $col));
}
}
// Outputs:
// bool(false)
// bool(true)
oci_free_statement($stid);
oci_close($conn);
?>
Notes
Note:
In PHP versions before 5.0.0 you must use ocicolumnisnull() instead. This name still can be used, it was left as alias of oci_field_is_null() for downwards compatability. This, however, is deprecated and not recommended.