note 45038 added to ref.com

To pass a parameter by reference to a COM function, you need to pass VARIANT to it. Common data types like integers and strings will not work for it. As an example, calling a function that retrieves the name of a person will look like: $Name = new VARIANT; $comobj = new COM("MyCOMOBj.Component") or die("Couldn't create the COM Component"); if(!$comobj->GetName($Name)) { echo("Could not retrieve name"); } else { echo("The name retrieved is : " . $Name->value); } $Name->type will contain the type of the value stored in the VARIANT e.g. VT_BSTR. Note For PHP 5: Insted of '$Name->value', we can use only '$Name' for getting the value stored in the VARIANT. To get the type of the value stored in the VARIANT, use 'variant_get_type($Name)'. Feroz Zahid ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.com.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+45038 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+45038&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+45038&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php