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
CALL (since PHP 5.2.1 and OCI8 1.2.3)
UNKNOWN
Parameter statement
is a valid OCI statement
identifier, returned from oci_parse().
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.