PHP Manual Function Reference Database Extensions Vendor Specific Database Extensions OCI8 OCI8 Obsolete Aliases and Functions ocinewcursor ocinewcollection ocinewdescriptor ocinewcursor (PHP 4, PHP 5, PECL OCI8 >= 1.0.0)ocinewcursor — Alias of oci_new_cursor() Description Alias of oci_new_cursor() Warning This alias has been DEPRECATED as of PHP 5.4.0. Relying on this alias is highly discouraged.