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Bug #45484 PDOStatment set datatype to string
Submitted: 2008-07-11 11:03 UTC Modified: 2016-03-08 01:32 UTC
From: cbidon007 at hotmail dot com Assigned:
Status: No Feedback Package: PDO OCI
PHP Version: 5.2.6 OS: windows xp
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2008-07-11 11:03 UTC] cbidon007 at hotmail dot com 
Description:
------------
Hy,

I use an oracle database and my locale setting for the decimal point is ",".
When I run a SELECT query with a float datatype column, the result is a string datatype value and the decimal separator is ','.
And PHP don't recognize this as a number.

Why oracle column datatypes are not kept?


Reproduce code:
---------------
$oPDOStmt = $oConn->query("SELECT 12.34 AS NB FROM DUAL");
$arrResult = $oPDOStmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
print_r($arrResult);
print gettype($arrResult["NB"]);

Expected result:
----------------
Array
(
    [NB] => 12.34
)

Actual result:
--------------
Array
(
    [NB] => 12,34
)

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 [2008-08-05 08:50 UTC] uw@php.net 
The string conversion is not a bug in the driver. Its how PDO has been designed. FETCH:ASSOC will always perform a string conversion regardless of the driver. Use bindColumn():

$db->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES, 0);
$stmt = $db->query("SELECT 1");
$stmt->bindColumn(1, $value, PDO::PARAM_INT);
$stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_BOUND)

Not respected locale setting might be a bug. Check again using bindColumn().
 [2008-08-26 12:46 UTC] cbidon007 at hotmail dot com 
The problem is still here.
I have a french system with the decimal separator ","

I would like to get a float number (e.g. 12.34). When is use bindColumn(), I get 12 if I use the PDO::PARAM_INT or 12,34 if I use the PDO::PARAM_STR.

Is it possible to retreive a float number with PDO in this condition ?
 [2009-04-25 15:09 UTC] jani@php.net 
Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php5.2-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:

  http://windows.php.net/snapshots/
 [2009-05-03 01:00 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net 
No feedback was provided for this bug for over a week, so it is
being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the
information that was originally requested, please do so and change
the status of the bug back to "Open".
 [2016-03-08 01:32 UTC] sixd@php.net
-Package: PDO related +Package: PDO OCI
 
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