note 30582 added to ref.com

PASSING/RETURNING PARAMETERS BY REFERENCE ========================================= Some COM functions not only return values through the return value, but also act upon a variable passed to it as a parameter *By Reference*: RetVal = DoSomethingTo (myVariable) Simply sticking an '&' in front of myVariable doesn't work - you need to pass it a variant of the correct type, as follows: $myStringVariant = new VARIANT("over-write me", VT_BSTR); $result = $comobj->DoSomethingTo( &$myStringVariant ); The value in the variant can then be retrieved by: $theActualValue = $myStringVariant->value; Other types of variant can be created as your needs demand - see the preceding section on the VARIANT type. -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.com.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+30582 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+30582 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+30582