Prepares Oracle statement for execution oci_num_rows oci_password_change OCI8 Functions PHP Manual oci_parse (PHP 5, PECL oci8:1.1-1.2.4)oci_parse — Prepares Oracle statement for execution Description resource oci_parse ( resource $connection , string $query ) Prepares the query using connection and returns the statement identifier, which can be used with oci_bind_by_name(), oci_execute() and other functions. Parameters connection An Oracle connection identifier, returned by oci_connect() or oci_pconnect(). query The SQL query. Return Values Returns a statement handler on success, or FALSE on error. Notes Note: This function does not validate query . The only way to find out if query is valid SQL or PL/SQL statement - is to execute it. Note: In PHP versions before 5.0.0 you must use ociparse() instead. This name still can be used, it was left as alias of oci_parse() for downwards compatability. This, however, is deprecated and not recommended. oci_num_rows oci_password_change OCI8 Functions PHP Manual