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
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.