#47401 [NEW]: Can't instantiate VARIANT objects with VT_BYREF flag

From: setvik at gmail dot com Operating system: Windows Server 2003 PHP version: 5.2.9RC2 PHP Bug Type: COM related Bug description: Can't instantiate VARIANT objects with VT_BYREF flag Description: ------------ PHP crashes when instantiating a VARIANT object with the BYREF flag. This makes it impossible to pass arguments to COM functions that require them to be passed by reference (MS Word's PrintOut function, for example). (Tested in PHP 5.2.8 and 5.2.9rc2). Reproduce code: --------------- $var = new VARIANT(TRUE, VT_BOOL|VT_BYREF); Expected result: ---------------- Execution should continue, and I should be able to pass $var to a windows com function: EXAMPLE: $word = new COM("Word.Application"); $word->Documents->Open("mydoc.doc"); $var = new VARIANT(TRUE, VT_BOOL|VT_BYREF); $word->ActiveDocument->PrintOut($var); Actual result: -------------- PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'com_exception' with message 'Variant type conversion failed: Type mismatch. ' in D:\test.php:1 Stack trace: #0 D:\test.php(1): variant->variant(true, 16395) #1 {main} thrown in D:\test.php on line 1 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=47401&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47401&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47401&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47401&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47401&r=fixedcvs Fixed in CVS and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47401&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47401&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47401&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47401&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47401&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47401&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47401&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47401&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47401&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47401&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47401&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47401&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47401&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47401&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47401&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47401&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47401&r=mysqlcfg