# ora_columntype

(PHP 4, PHP 5 <= 5.0.5)

ora_columntype — Gets the type of an Oracle result column

### Description

string ora_columntype ( resource `$cursor` , int `$column` )

Returns the Oracle data type name of the `column` on the `cursor` .

### Parameters

`cursor`

  An Oracle cursor, opened with ora_open().

`column`

  The column number. First is 0.

### Return Values

The returned type will be one of the following strings:

- "VARCHAR2"
- "VARCHAR"
- "CHAR"
- "NUMBER"
- "LONG"
- "LONG RAW"
- "ROWID"
- "DATE"
- "CURSOR"

### ChangeLog

Version | Description
--- | ---
5.1.0 | The oracle extension is deprecated in favor of oci8.

### Notes

When using oci8 as a replacement for the deprecated oracle extension, consider using:

- oci_field_type()
- oci_field_type_raw()