Description
string 
oci_statement_type ( resource statement )
     oci_statement_type() returns the query type of
     statement statement as one of the following
     values:
     
SELECT
UPDATE
DELETE
INSERT
CREATE
DROP
ALTER
BEGIN
DECLARE
UNKNOWN
    
     Parameter statement is a valid OCI statement
     identifier, returned from oci_parse().
    
     
Example 1. oci_statement_type() example <?php
    $conn = oci_connect("scott", "tiger");
    $sql  = "delete from emp where deptno = 10";
   
    $stmt = oci_parse($conn, $sql);
    if (oci_statement_type($stmt) == "DELETE") {
        die("You are not allowed to delete from this table<br />");
    }
   
    oci_close($conn);
?> |  
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     oci_statement_type() returns FALSE on error.
    
Note: 
      In PHP versions before 5.0.0 you must use ocistatementtype() instead. 
      This name still can be used, it was left as alias of
      oci_statement_type() for downwards compatability. 
      This, however, is deprecated and not recommended.