#40355 [NEW]: the dcom interface doesn't support the utf8 encoding

From: info at paolotozzo dot it Operating system: WINDOWS PHP version: 5.2.0 PHP Bug Type: COM related Bug description: the dcom interface doesn't support the utf8 encoding Description: ------------ I try to test this bug with the MS Word application, with MS Excel and with Adobe Indesign application, but I suppose that also with other applications the result is the same. If I insert (with COM interface) a text with non standard encoding (like russian language , greek language etc.), I get always strange output. I try to change all the settings in php.ini, I try to use the mbstring and the iconv functions, but the result is the same: 1) I get the '?' symbols 2) I get the strange output The file .php that I use for test is saved correctly in utf-8 format I.E. I put a greek text in a variable..if I write this variable in a text file, it work well, but If I use this var for print an output with a com interface, it doesn't work. I try this with all the last php versions. Reproduce code: --------------- <? // create a reference to a new COM component (Word) $word = new COM("word.application") or die("Can't start Word!"); // print the version of Word that's now in use echo "Loading Word, v. {$word->Version}<br>"; // set the visibility of the application to 0 (false) // to open the application in the forefront, use 1 (true) $word->Visible = 1; // create a new document in Word $word->Documents->Add(); // add text to the new document //in the next line I assign at $text var a greek text string $text="ÅëëçíéêÜ"; //i try to use the mb, with many combinations of encoding //but the result is the same if I comment this line $text=mb_convert_encoding($text, '', "UTF-8"); //I try to write the var in a text file, and it works well $c=fopen("test.txt","w"); fputs($c,($text)); $word->Selection->TypeText($text); //save the document in the Windows temp directory // print another message to the screen echo "Check for the file..."; ?> -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=40355&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=mysqlcfg