| 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. | | 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( ) | | ociinternaldebug( ) | oci_internal_debug( ) | | ociloadlob( ) | oci_lob_load( ) | | ocilogoff( ) | oci_close( ) | | ocilogon( ) | oci_connect( ) | | ocinewcollection( ) | oci_new_collection( ) | | ocinewcursor( ) | oci_new_cursor( ) | | ocinewdescriptor( ) | oci_new_descriptor( ) | | ocinlogon( ) | oci_new_connect( ) | | ocinumcols( ) | oci_num_fields( ) | | ociparse( ) | oci_parse( ) | | ocipasswordchange( ) | oci_password_change( ) | | ociplogon( ) | oci_pconnect( ) | | ociresult( ) | oci_result( ) | | ocirollback( ) | oci_rollback( ) | | ocirowcount( ) | oci_num_rows( ) | | ocisavelob( ) | oci_lob_save( ) | | ocisavelobfile( ) | oci_lob_import( ) | | ociserverversion( ) | oci_server_version( ) | | ocisetprefetch( ) | oci_set_prefetch( ) | | ocistatementtype( ) | oci_statement_type( ) | | ociwritelobtofile( ) | oci_lob_export( ) | |