#29973 [NoF->Opn]: Comparing COM object variable with NULL throws an exception

ID: 29973 User updated by: tetikr at spytech dot cz Reported By: tetikr at spytech dot cz -Status: No Feedback +Status: Open Bug Type: COM related -Operating System: Win2000 +Operating System: Win2003 -PHP Version: 5.0.1 +PHP Version: 5.0.3 Assigned To: wez New Comment: The problem is still there. Testing a COM object created by the new operator or return by a COM property/method on NULL throws an exception "Member not found.". Using the is_object() function helps, but it is inconvenient and ugly. Let's make PHP better :-) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-03-25 01:55:26] sniper@php.net No feedback was provided. The bug is being suspended because we assume that you are no longer experiencing the problem. If this is not the case and you are able to provide the information that was requested earlier, please do so and change the status of the bug back to "Open". Thank you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-03-19 21:49:35] sniper@php.net Please try using this CVS snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php5-latest.tar.gz For Windows: http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5-win32-latest.zip ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-09-09 21:25:51] wez@php.net in this case you should be doing: try { $a = new COM(...); // use it here } catch (exception $e) { // failed to create it } in other cases, where you have been passed the object, use is_object() to check if it is valid. I'll see if I can fix the shorthand "if (!$a)" syntax someone in the next month. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-09-06 14:27:03] tetikr at spytech dot cz Some objects work and some not. The following code creates an object that works not. It throws a COM exception "Member not found". Test it for yourself, I hope it will fail :-) --------------------------------- $o = new COM("WScript.Shell"); if (!$o) /* dummy */ ; else echo $o->CurrentDirectory; --------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-09-06 08:06:19] derick@php.net What is the full error message? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/29973 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=29973&edit=1