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# OCIColumnType

(3.0.4 - 3.0.18 only, PHP 4 >= 4.0.0)

OCIColumnType -- Returns the data type of a column.

## Description

``mixed OCIColumnType` (int stmt, int col)`

OCIColumnType() returns the data type of the column corresponding to the column number (1-based) that is passed in.

Example 1. OCIColumnType
    <?php
        print "<HTML><PRE>\n";
        $conn = OCILogon("scott", "tiger");
        $stmt = OCIParse($conn,"select * from emp");
        OCIExecute($stmt);
        print "<TABLE BORDER=\"1\">";
        print "<TR>";
        print "<TH>Name</TH>";
        print "<TH>Type</TH>";
        print "<TH>Length</TH>";
        print "</TR>";
        $ncols = OCINumCols($stmt);
        for ( $i = 1; $i <= $ncols; $i++ ) {
            $column_name  = OCIColumnName($stmt,$i);
            $column_type  = OCIColumnType($stmt,$i);
            $column_size  = OCIColumnSize($stmt,$i);
            print "<TR>";
            print "<TD>$column_name</TD>";
            print "<TD>$column_type</TD>";
            print "<TD>$column_size</TD>";
            print "</TR>";
        }
        OCIFreeStatement($stmt);
        OCILogoff($conn);
        print "</PRE>";
        print "</HTML>\n";
    ?>

See also OCINumCols(), OCIColumnName(), and OCIColumnSize().

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