oci_fetch Fetches the next row into result-buffer booloci_fetch resourcestatement oci_fetch fetches the next row (for SELECT statements) into the internal result-buffer. &return.success; In PHP versions before 5.0.0 you must use ocifetch instead. This name still can be used, it was left as alias of oci_fetch for downwards compatability. This, however, is deprecated and not recommended.