oci_new_connect

Function • Removed in PHP 8.4

Connect to the Oracle server using a unique connection.

PHP 5
PHP 7
PHP 8.0
Improved
PHP 8.1
PHP 8.2
Changed
PHP 8.3
PHP 8.4
Removed
PHP 8.5
PHP 8.6

oci_new_connect Function synopsis

oci_new_connect(
    string $username,
    string $password,
    ?string $connection_string = null,
    string $encoding = "",
    int $session_mode = OCI_DEFAULT
  )

Parameters

$username

Typestring

The Oracle user name.

$password

Typestring

The password for $username.

$connection_string

OptionalType?stringDefault valuenull

$encoding

OptionalTypestringDefault value""

$session_mode

OptionalTypeintDefault valueOCI_DEFAULT

Changes to the oci_new_connect Function

PHP 8.4

  • Function removed

PHP 8.2

PHP 8.0

  • Parameter type added for parameter #1 ($username): string
  • Parameter type added for parameter #2 ($password): string
  • Parameter type added for parameter #3 ($connection_string): ?string
  • Parameter default value added for position #3 ($connection_string): null
  • Parameter name of parameter #4 changed: $character_set to $encoding
  • Parameter type added for parameter #4 ($encoding): string
  • Parameter default value added for position #4 ($encoding): ""
  • Parameter type added for parameter #5 ($session_mode): int
  • Parameter default value added for position #5 ($session_mode): OCI_DEFAULT
  oci_new_connect(
-     $username,
+     string $username,
-     $password,
+     string $password,
-     $connection_string,
+     ?string $connection_string = null,
-     $character_set,
+     string $encoding = "",
-     $session_mode
+     int $session_mode = OCI_DEFAULT
    )

oci_new_connect Function Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release No
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest) No
PHP 8.4Supported No
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.6Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.5Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.3Unsupported Yes