#25664 [Opn->WFx]: COM objects written in Delphi crash PHP

ID: 25664 Updated by: wez@php.net Reported By: blomster at algonet dot se -Status: Open +Status: Wont fix Bug Type: COM related Operating System: Win NT 4 PHP Version: 4.3.3 New Comment: Unless you are willing to pay $$$, any COM problems under PHP 4.x will never be fixed, since we have moved our development focus to PHP 5, which allows much better support for COM in the totally rewritten COM (and .Net) extension. If you are curious, you can try the latest development snapshot here: http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5-win32-latest.zip PHP 5 is still beta quality, so we don't recommend deploying it in production in the real-world. I am interested to see how well the new extension handles your COM objects, and would be grateful if you could add any positive comments to this bug report. If you find bugs in the PHP 5 extension, open a new bug report. Thanks! Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-09-25 19:07:22] blomster at algonet dot se Description: ------------ To me it seems all COM objects written in Delphi 5 crashes PHP - fully reproducible. I don't know about Delphi 6 or 7. These objects work in VBScript, Javascript, Perl, Word/Excel VBA macros, and more. Applies to PHP 4.3.3 but also to PHP 5 downloaded 24 sept 2003. An example, which I have not written myself: http://www.undu.com/Articles/000928g.html I can compile that source and mail the dll to anybody willing to test. I have more examples, including my own Delphi COM object. I recognize the description in bug #25586 - this has also happened to me and I believe it's related to what I describe here. That was Delphi 6. A bizarre workaround was found for my own COM object: If I override Delphi's own GetTypeInfo, and always return HRESULT -1, then PHP continues by calling other methods and does not crash, but then I instead get a memory leak. I have not understood how the crash and the leak are related, if at all. Thanks for any assistance & best regards Jens Blomster Uppsala, Sweden Reproduce code: --------------- From the above-mentioned message board COM example: $instance = new COM("msgboard.MessageBoard"); $i = $instance->CreateMessage("hej","hopp","i baljan"); Expected result: ---------------- The message created in the COM object, just like it does in VBScript. Actual result: -------------- A PHP crash. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=25664&edit=1