RE: [PHP-DEV] Bug #13599 Updated: drops characters in variable file name

hey, of course not ! :> > -----Original Message----- > From: Derick Rethans [mailto:derick@php.net] > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 9:35 AM > To: phanto@php.net > Cc: php-dev@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Bug #13599 Updated: drops characters > in variable file name > > > Hello, > > Is this an issue for 4.0.7 too? If it is, then it should be > marked as 'Critical' IMO. > > Derick > > On 11 Oct 2001 phanto@php.net wrote: > > > ID: 13599 > > Updated by: phanto > > Reported By: alain@sonic.net > > Status: Open > > Bug Type: COM related > > Operating System: win98 > > PHP Version: 4.0CVS-2001-10-08 > > New Comment: > > > > these are the implications of an attempt to make the string > functions > > binary safe :) will be fixed soon. > > > > Previous Comments: > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > > > [2001-10-08 12:04:14] alain@sonic.net > > > > <?php > > #Instantiate Excel > > $ex = new COM("Excel.sheet") or Die ("Did > not instantiate Excel"); > > $ex->Application->Visible = 1; #Make Excel visible. > > $workbook="test.xls"; > > $pathin="c:/"; > > $sheet="sheet1"; > > #Load the workbook > > $filename= $pathin.$workbook; > > print $filename; > > # $file=New Variant($filename,VT_BSTR); > #This doesn't work either (replacing $filename by $file) > > $wkb = > $ex->application->Workbooks->Open($filename) or > > Die ("Did not open $filename"); > > #Activate the sheet > > $sheets = $wkb->Worksheets($sheet) or Die ("Unable to activate > > $sheet"); > > > > ?> > > Produces error message: > > c:/test.xls > > Warning: Invoke() failed: Exception occurred. Source: > Microsoft Excel > > Description: 'c:/tes.xls' could not be found. Check the spelling of > > the file name, and verify that the file location is > correct. If you are trying to open the file from your list of > most recently used files on the File menu, make sure that the > file has not been renamed, moved, or deleted. in > c:\geolink\testbad.php on line 12 Did not open c:/test.xls > > Note: If $workbook="testxx.xls" it will open test.xls ... > > But will produce the error below on the 'activate the > sheet' code line, (related or not to the file name error, > maybe a second bug?) > > Error in php_OLECHAR_to_char() in c:\geolink\testbad.php on line 15 > > > > Setup: win 98 Apache 1.3x as CGI. CVS source compiled at > php4win.com > > on 10-04-2001 > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > > > > > > > Edit this bug report at > > http://bugs.php.net/?id=13599&edit=1 > > > > > > -- > > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact > > the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > Derick Rethans > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > PHP: Scripting the Web - www.php.net - derick@php.net > SRM: Site Resource Manager - www.vl-srm.net > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >