Running Stored functions from PHP

Question

Hi all,
I cannot find any proper example in which it is detailed how to run an oracle stored function (or function within a package) from php.
i.e. this is my function
create or replace function myfunction return date is
begin
return sysdate;
end myfunction;
this is my php (but doesn't work)
function OracleExecutefunction($pconnection){
$sql = "declare v_date date; begin v_date:=myfunction; end;";
$result = OCIParse($pconnection,$sql) or OracleProblem();
OCIExecute($result, OCI_DEFAULT) or OracleProblem();
return $result;
This is what I get: Resource id #4
I would appreciate any help or much better a working example.
Cheers

Answer 1

OK, i have it working now by doing the following:
function OracleExecutefunction($pconnection){
$sql = 'select myfunction mdate from dual';
$result = OCIParse($pconnection,$sql) or OracleProblem();
OCIExecute($result, OCI_DEFAULT) or OracleProblem();
OCIFetch($result);
#echo "My function=" . ociresult($result, "MDATE");
return ociresult($result, "MDATE");
Is there any other better way of doing it?
Thanks