Re: PHP and COM+ prob

bob pilly wrote:

Hi all! I am trying to start word using com and php and having problems. I am running php 5.04 and apache 2.054 on windows. I have used a simple example from the php site but cant get it working. |<?php // starting word $word = new COM("word.application") or die("Unable to instantiate Word"); echo "Loaded Word, version {$word->Version}\n"; //bring it to front $word->Visible = 1; //open an empty document $word->Documents->Add(); //do some weird stuff $word->Selection->TypeText("This is a test..."); $word->Documents[1]->SaveAs("Useless test.doc"); //closing word $word->Quit(); //free the object $word = null; ?> i have called this page testcom.php but when i try and view it with a clients browser i get this error: [client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'com_exception' with message 'Failed to create COM object `Word.application': Invalid syntax\r\n' in C:\\Program Files\\Apache Group\\Apache2\\htdocs\\testcom.php:3\nStack trace:\n#0 C:\\Program Files\\Apache Group\\Apache2\\htdocs\\testcom.php(3): com->com('Word.applicatio...')\n#1 {main}\n thrown in C:\\Program Files\\Apache Group\\Apache2\\htdocs\\testcom.php on line 3 | Has anyone seen this error before or know what it means? Or if possible does anyone know of any good docs on using com with php?

this is not a COM specific error, you're trying to create a new COM object and that fails - rather than return something that evaluates to false the constructor for the COM object ( or something it is trying to call) is throwing a Exception... ('throwing' of) exceptions (and logically also the 'catching' of them) are new concepts in PHP5. try like it this and see whether something more useful error msg is output: <?php // this is PHP5 only! try { // starting word $word = new COM("word.application"); echo "Loaded Word, version {$word->Version}\n"; //bring it to front $word->Visible = 1; //open an empty document $word->Documents->Add(); //do some weird stuff $word->Selection->TypeText("This is a test..."); $word->Documents[1]->SaveAs("Useless test.doc"); //closing word $word->Quit(); //free the object $word = null; } catch (com_exception $e) { echo "something bad happened with COM:<br />", $e->__toString(); } catch (Exception $e) { echo "something bad happened:<br />", $e->__toString(); } ?> lookup 'try'/'catch'/'throw', 'exception' in the manual (php5 specific areas).

Thanks in advance for any help!! Cheers Bob ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - want a free and easy way to contact your friends online? http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com