OCIResult normaly gets the number and date values but it doesn't get varchar values.

  $conn = OCILogon("polad_sys", "polad_sys", "POLAD5-TCP.world");

  $sql = "select * from test";
  $stat = OCIParse($conn, $sql);

  OCIExecute($stat, OCI_DEFAULT);
  
  while (OCIFetch($stat)) {

    $ncols = OCINumCols($stat);
    for ( $i = 1; $i <= $ncols; $i++ ) {    
      $result = OCIResult($stat, $i);   /* !!!! */
      print $result;  /* using $result[1] I get the first char of the string */
      echo "<BR>";
    }
    echo "</TR>";
  }

  OCIFreeStatement($stat);  
  OCILogoff($conn);