(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5 <= 5.1.0RC1)
ora_error -- Gets an Oracle error message
Description
string 
ora_error ( [resource cursor_or_connection] )
     Returns an error message of the form
     XXX-NNNNN
     where XXX is where the error comes
     from and NNNNN identifies the error
     message.
    
     
Note: Support for connection ids was added in 3.0.4.
     On Unix versions of Oracle, you can find details about an error
     message like this:
     
$ oerr ora
00001 00001, 00000,
"unique constraint (%s.%s) violated" // *Cause: An update or insert
statement attempted to insert a duplicate key //         For Trusted
ORACLE configured in DBMS MAC mode, you may see //         this message
if a duplicate entry exists at a different level.  // *Action: Either
remove the unique restriction or do not insert the key