--- /dev/null
+--TEST--
+binding empty values
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php if (!extension_loaded('oci8')) die("skip no oci8 extension"); ?>
+--ENV--
+return "
+ORACLE_HOME=".(isset($_ENV['ORACLE_HOME']) ? $_ENV['ORACLE_HOME'] : '')."
+NLS_LANG=".(isset($_ENV['NLS_LANG']) ? $_ENV['NLS_LANG'] : '')."
+";
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+require dirname(__FILE__).'/connect.inc';
+
+$drop = "DROP table bind_test";
+$statement = oci_parse($c, $drop);
+@oci_execute($statement);
+
+$create = "CREATE table bind_test(name VARCHAR(10))";
+$statement = oci_parse($c, $create);
+oci_execute($statement);
+
+
+$name = null;
+$stmt = oci_parse($c, "UPDATE bind_test SET name=:name");
+oci_bind_by_name($stmt, ":name", &$name);
+
+$res = oci_execute($stmt);
+
+$name = "";
+$stmt = oci_parse($c, "UPDATE bind_test SET name=:name");
+oci_bind_by_name($stmt, ":name", &$name);
+
+$res = oci_execute($stmt);
+
+$drop = "DROP table bind_test";
+$statement = oci_parse($c, $drop);
+@oci_execute($statement);
+
+echo "Done\n";
+
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+Done