diff --git a/ext/pdo/pdo_stmt.c b/ext/pdo/pdo_stmt.c
index 1e5db6d84fa..825b91b55bb 100755
--- a/ext/pdo/pdo_stmt.c
+++ b/ext/pdo/pdo_stmt.c
@@ -377,6 +377,22 @@ static inline void fetch_value(pdo_stmt_t *stmt, zval *dest, int colno TSRMLS_DC
 	stmt->methods->get_col(stmt, colno, &value, &value_len TSRMLS_CC);
 
 	switch (col->param_type) {
+		case PDO_PARAM_INT:
+			if (value && value_len == sizeof(long)) {
+				ZVAL_LONG(dest, *(long*)value);
+				break;
+			}
+			ZVAL_NULL(dest);
+			break;
+
+		case PDO_PARAM_BOOL:
+			if (value && value_len == sizeof(zend_bool)) {
+				ZVAL_BOOL(dest, *(zend_bool*)value);
+				break;
+			}
+			ZVAL_NULL(dest);
+			break;
+
 		case PDO_PARAM_STR:
 			if (value && !(value_len == 0 && stmt->dbh->oracle_nulls)) {
 				ZVAL_STRINGL(dest, value, value_len, 1);
diff --git a/ext/pdo/php_pdo_driver.h b/ext/pdo/php_pdo_driver.h
index bbfa7d36bf3..87c2b0f187a 100755
--- a/ext/pdo/php_pdo_driver.h
+++ b/ext/pdo/php_pdo_driver.h
@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@ struct pdo_bound_param_data;
 
 enum pdo_param_type {
 	PDO_PARAM_NULL,
-	PDO_PARAM_INT,
+	PDO_PARAM_INT,	/* int as in long, the php native int type */
 	PDO_PARAM_STR,
 	PDO_PARAM_LOB,
 	PDO_PARAM_STMT, /* hierarchical result set */
+	PDO_PARAM_BOOL
 };
 
 enum pdo_fetch_type {
@@ -260,7 +261,10 @@ typedef int (*pdo_stmt_fetch_func)(pdo_stmt_t *stmt TSRMLS_DC);
  * Driver should populate stmt->columns[colno] with appropriate info */
 typedef int (*pdo_stmt_describe_col_func)(pdo_stmt_t *stmt, int colno TSRMLS_DC);
 
-/* retrieves pointer and size of the value for a column */
+/* retrieves pointer and size of the value for a column.
+ * Note that PDO expects the driver to manage the lifetime of this data;
+ * it will copy the value into a zval on behalf of the script.
+ */
 typedef int (*pdo_stmt_get_col_data_func)(pdo_stmt_t *stmt, int colno, char **ptr, unsigned long *len TSRMLS_DC);
 
 /* hook for bound params */
@@ -336,7 +340,7 @@ struct _pdo_dbh_t {
 	/* these items mst appear in this order at the beginning of the
        struct so that this can be cast as a zend_object.  we need this
        to allow the extending class to escape all the custom handlers
-	   that PDO decalres.
+	   that PDO declares.
     */
 	zend_class_entry *ce; 
 	HashTable *properties;