Re: Calling a Windows Com object or an Extended Fetch?

Try this article http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/alain20001003.php3 it helped me allot, If you go deeper into the Com object you will find that you can actually call an object from a remote server -- have not tried it myself yet : ) Niel Zeeman ----- Original Message ----- From: Paulson, Joseph V. "Jay" <jay.paulson@viatel.com> To: 'bard' <mccrorey@optushome.com.au>; Miles Thompson <milesthompson@sprint.ca> Cc: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 5:42 PM Subject: RE: [PHP] Calling a Windows Com object or an Extended Fetch? > Well the next problem I have found is that php has to be running on a > windows machine for the com objects to actually work and well we are running > it on a Unix box. So we can't use the com objects. Thanks for all the help > thought! > Jay > > -----Original Message----- > From: bard [mailto:mccrorey@optushome.com.au] > Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 5:37 PM > To: Miles Thompson > Cc: Paulson, Joseph V. "Jay"; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Calling a Windows Com object or an Extended Fetch? > > > Or you could just look at the phpbuilder.com column on using COM objects in > php, or you could RTFM at the php.net site. just type in php.net/com and see > what happens. > > We use php and com here a lot, and while the implementation lacks a few > features of the asp/vb implementation it's handy when migrating from NT/ASP > to NT/PHP. > > > On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Miles Thompson wrote: > > > I don't know, but I was glancing through an article on PHP in the current > > issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal last week. At the very end I *think* there was > > > an example of calling a COM object. It was a VbScript <-> PHP comparision. > > > Have a look, might help. > > > > Miles > > > > (Yes, I've been known to make notes while in the newsstand.) > > > > At 10:01 AM 01/09/2001 -0600, Paulson, Joseph V. \"Jay\" wrote: > > >Hello everyone-- > > >I was wondering if PHP can call Windows COM objects in memory? If PHP > can > > >do this does anyone know how to do it or can you point me in the > direction > > >were I can pissibly figure it out. Also, does anyone know if PHP can > call > > >an Extended Fetch? > > >Thanks, > > >Jay Paulson > > > > > >-- > > >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > >For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >