RE: [PHP-WIN] EXEC Problem

Com terminated when I asked it too (technique depended on the com object). Problem you might be having is that releasing the Com object doesn't necessarily terminate the program. In the case of Winamp, if I only closed with: $winamp->Release(); then the Winamp program would remain active, only the connection with apache/php would drop. I had to issue a command to actually kill Winamp first: $winamp->sendcommand(WINAMP_FILE_QUIT); $winamp->Release(); Ross > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Carr [mailto:scarr@progbits.com] > Sent: 07 August 2002 19:02 > To: Ross Fleming > Cc: PHP Windows mailing list > Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] EXEC Problem > > > Were you seeing you com object want to stay around like this? > -- > Scott Carr > OpenOffice.org > Documentation Maintainer > http://documentation.openoffice.org/ > > > Quoting Ross Fleming <r.fleming@clara.co.uk>: > > > Hmm. It's strange that it works from the command line but not through > > Apache. My COM problems manifested in a similar way. The way > I fixed it > > was to meddle with the COM settings under Windows (using XP Pro > btw). The > > program dcomcnfg.exe allowed me to set which users were allowed > to control > > each registered COM application. Once I'd set Apache as a > registered user, > > there weren't any problems. > > > > Other than that I'm stumped > > > > Ross > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Scott Carr [mailto:scarr@progbits.com] > > > Sent: 07 August 2002 18:40 > > > To: Ross Fleming > > > Cc: PHP Windows > > > Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] EXEC Problem > > > > > > > > > Actually, I am beginning to think it is an Object that is not > being closed > > > properly. > > > > > > The time the function is hanging is at the ->Release() method. > > > The wierd thing > > > is that it works great through PHP-CLI, just not through an > > > exec() of PHP-CLI. > > > > > > I am going to look at the COM object to see if there is any > > > objects that I can > > > find not closing properly. > > > > > > The biggest problem I had when using COM directly, was that I am > > > using a VB > > > ActiveX object. I tried creating a very quick and dirty one > > > liner that returned > > > a value. When the object is attached to the APACHE process, > > > weird things were > > > happening. I figured using PHP-CLI would separate the process > > > from the APACHE > > > process, so it wouldn't be the cause of the problems I was seeing. > > > > > > If you have any ideas, i'd be very gratefull. I have to deliver > > > the site in > > > about a week. > > > -- > > > Scott Carr > > > OpenOffice.org > > > Documentation Maintainer > > > http://documentation.openoffice.org/ > > > > > > > > > Quoting Ross Fleming <r.fleming@clara.co.uk>: > > > > > > > One word: permissions :) > > > > > > > > What was wrong with COM? If I recall you emailed me when I > had problems > > > > with running winamp as a COM object, which I eventually managed > > > to solve. I > > > > tried your method of the php-cli stuff and it didn't work (same > > > problems as > > > > you're reporting) so tried harder with COM. If you need help > > > re COM, mail > > > > me. > > > > > > > > Ross > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Scott Carr [mailto:scarr@progbits.com] > > > > > Sent: 07 August 2002 18:14 > > > > > To: PHP Windows > > > > > Subject: [PHP-WIN] EXEC Problem > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have a *VERY* wierd problem. > > > > > > > > > > I am running a PHP script through the EXEC command using php-cli > > > > > from within the > > > > > Apache PHP script. (I know wierd way of doing things.) Trying > > > > > to run the COM > > > > > object inside APACHE did not work too well, not sure why. > > > > > > > > > > If I run the php-cli script itself on the command line, > > > > > everything works fine. > > > > > The COM object does what it is supposed too. If I run the > > > php-cli script > > > > > through the APACHE page, the EXEC never returns. > > > > > > > > > > Why would there be a difference between running on the command > > > > > line and running > > > > > through EXEC? > > > > > > > > > > Any IDEAS? > > > > > -- > > > > > Scott Carr > > > > > OpenOffice.org > > > > > Documentation Maintainer > > > > > http://documentation.openoffice.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > > > This mail sent through IMP: > > > > > http://horde.org/imp/ > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > > > To unsubscribe, visit: > > > > > http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > >