# oci_bind_array_by_name

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.2, PECL oci8:1.2.0-1.2.4)

oci_bind_array_by_name — Binds PHP array to Oracle PL/SQL array by name

### Description

bool oci_bind_array_by_name ( resource `$statement` , string `$name` , array `&$var_array` , int `$max_table_length` [, int `$max_item_length` [, int `$type` ]] )

Binds the PHP array `var_array` to the Oracle placeholder `name` , which points to Oracle PL/SQL array. Whether it will be used for input or output will be determined at run-time.

### Parameters

`statement`

  A valid OCI statement identifier.

`name`

  The Oracle placeholder.

`var_array`

  An array.

`max_table_length`

  Sets the maximum length both for incoming and result arrays.

`max_item_length`

  Sets maximum length for array items. If not specified or equals to -1, oci_bind_array_by_name() will use find the longest element in the incoming array and will use it as maximum length for array items.

`type`

  Should 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.

### Return Values

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

### Examples

Example#1 oci_bind_array_by_name() example

`<?php
$c = oci_connect("scott", "tiger");
$create = "CREATE TABLE bind_example(name VARCHAR(20))";
$statement = oci_parse($c, $create);
oci_execute($statement);
$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;";
$statement = oci_parse($c, $create_pkg);
oci_execute($statement);
$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
FOR i IN 1..5 LOOP
INSERT INTO bind_example VALUES (c1(i));
END LOOP;
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;";
$statement = oci_parse($c, $create_pkg_body);
oci_execute($statement);
$statement = oci_parse($c, "BEGIN ARRAYBINDPKG1.iobind(:c1); END;");
$array = array("one", "two", "three", "four", "five");
oci_bind_array_by_name($statement, ":c1", $array, 5, -1, SQLT_CHR);
oci_execute($statement);
var_dump($array);
?>`

### Notes

> Note: This function is available since OCI8 release 1.2.