Upgrading to PHP 5

Oracle (oci8) Extension Functions Renamed

The Oracle extension’s function names are now consistent with the rest of PHP. For instance, ocibindbyname( ) is now oci_bind_by_name( ), and ocinewcursor( ) is now oci_new_cursor( ). See Table B-1 for a complete list of old and new function names.

Tip

The old names are preserved for backward compatibility, but should be considered deprecated.

Table B-1. Renamed oci functions

PHP 4	PHP 5
ocibindbyname( )	oci_bind_by_name( )
ocicancel( )	oci_cancel( )
ocicollappend( )	oci_collection_append( )
ocicollassignelem( )	oci_collection_element_assign( )
ocicollgetelem( )	oci_collection_element_get( )
ocicollmax( )	oci_collection_max( )
ocicollsize( )	oci_collection_size( )
ocicolltrim( )	oci_collection_trim( )
ocicolumnisnull( )	oci_field_is_null( )
ocicolumnname( )	oci_field_name( )
ocicolumnprecision( )	oci_field_precision( )
ocicolumnscale( )	oci_field_scale( )
ocicolumnsize( )	oci_field_size( )
ocicolumntype( )	oci_field_type( )
ocicolumntyperaw( )	oci_field_type_raw( )
ocicommit( )	oci_commit( )
ocidefinebyname( )	oci_define_by_name( )
ocierror( )	oci_error( )
ociexecute( )	oci_execute( )
ocifetch( )	oci_fetch( )
ocifetchstatement( )	oci_fetch_all( )
ocifreecollection( )	oci_free_collection( )
ocifreecursor( )	oci_free_cursor( )
ocifreedesc( )	oci_free_descriptor( )
ocifreestatement( )	oci_free_statement( ...