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# oci_password_change

(PHP 5, PECL oci8:1.1-1.2.4)

oci_password_change — Changes password of Oracle's user

### Description

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` .

### Parameters

`connection`

  An Oracle connection identifier, returned by oci_connect() or oci_pconnect().

`username`

  The Oracle user name.

`old_password`

  The old password.

`new_password`

  The new password to be set.

`dbname`

  The database name.

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### Notes

> Note: The second oci_password_change() syntax is available since version 1.1.

> Note: In PHP versions before 5.0.0 you must use ocipasswordchange() instead. This name still can be used, it was left as alias of oci_password_change() for downwards compatability. This, however, is deprecated and not recommended.

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