<?php
$conn = oci_connect('hr', 'welcome', 'localhost/XE');
if (!$conn) {
$e = oci_error();
trigger_error(htmlentities($e['message'], ENT_QUOTES), E_USER_ERROR);
}
// Set the date format for this connection.
// For performance reasons, consider changing the format
// in a trigger or with environment variables instead
$stid = oci_parse($conn, "ALTER SESSION SET NLS_DATE_FORMAT = 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS'");
oci_execute($stid);
$stid = oci_parse($conn, 'SELECT hire_date FROM employees WHERE employee_id = 188');
oci_execute($stid);
$row = oci_fetch_array($stid, OCI_ASSOC);
echo $row['HIRE_DATE'] . "<br>\n"; // prints 1997-06-14
oci_free_statement($stid);
oci_close($conn);
?>