#36403 [NEW]: oci_execute() no longer supports OCI_DESCRIBE_ONLY

From: johnw at sussex dot ac dot uk Operating system: solaris 9 PHP version: 5.1.2 PHP Bug Type: OCI8 related Bug description: oci_execute() no longer supports OCI_DESCRIBE_ONLY Description: ------------ Supplying the constant OCI_DESCRIBE_ONLY as the second argument (mode) to oci_execute() results in a warning, and oci_execute() returning false. Reproduce code: --------------- The bug is caused by these lines of code in php-5.1.2/ext/oci8/oci_statement.c at line 1351 in the definition of php_oci_statement_execute(): switch (mode) { case OCI_COMMIT_ON_SUCCESS: case OCI_DEFAULT: /* only these two are allowed */ break; default: php_error_docref(NULL TSRMLS_CC, E_WARNING, "Invalid execute mode given: %d", mode); return 1; break; } Expected result: ---------------- I would expect oci_execute() to pass the mode OCI_DESCRIBE_ONLY on to the underlying OCI8 call. I think it is very bad that this non- backward- compatible change has been made without being documented or announced anywhere. I am responsible for an application that is used by several thousands of users daily that relies on OCI_DESCRIBE_ONLY working. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=36403&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36403&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36403&r=trysnapshot51 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36403&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36403&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36403&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36403&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36403&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36403&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36403&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36403&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36403&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36403&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36403&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36403&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36403&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36403&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36403&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36403&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36403&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36403&r=mysqlcfg