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+--TEST--
+Bug #36403 (oci_execute no longer supports OCI_DESCRIBE_ONLY)
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php if (!extension_loaded('oci8')) die ("skip no oci8 extension"); ?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+require(dirname(__FILE__).'/connect.inc');
+
+// Initialization
+
+$stmtarray = array(
+	"drop table bug36403_tab",
+	"create table bug36403_tab (c1 number, col2 number, column3 number, col4 number)"
+);
+
+foreach ($stmtarray as $stmt) {
+	$s = oci_parse($c, $stmt);
+	$r = @oci_execute($s);
+	if (!$r) {
+		$m = oci_error($s);
+		if (!in_array($m['code'], array(   // ignore expected errors
+				942 // table or view does not exist
+			,  2289 // sequence does not exist
+			,  4080 // trigger does not exist
+			, 38802 // edition does not exist
+				))) {
+			echo $stmt . PHP_EOL . $m['message'] . PHP_EOL;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Run Test
+
+echo "Test 1\n";
+
+$s = oci_parse($c, "select * from bug36403_tab");
+oci_execute($s, OCI_DESCRIBE_ONLY);
+for ($i = oci_num_fields($s); $i > 0; $i--) {
+	echo oci_field_name($s, $i) . "\n";
+}
+
+echo "Test 2\n";
+
+// Should generate an error: ORA-24338: statement handle not executed
+// since the statement handle was only described and not executed
+$row = oci_fetch_array($s);
+
+// Clean up
+
+//require(dirname(__FILE__).'/drop_table.inc');
+
+$stmtarray = array(
+	"drop table bug36403_tab"
+);
+
+foreach ($stmtarray as $stmt) {
+	$s = oci_parse($c, $stmt);
+	oci_execute($s);
+}
+
+oci_close($c);
+
+?>
+===DONE===
+<?php exit(0); ?>
+--EXPECTF--
+Test 1
+COL4
+COLUMN3
+COL2
+C1
+Test 2
+
+Warning: oci_fetch_array(): ORA-24338: %sbug36403.php on line %d
+===DONE===