Re: Error with com_load function in php4

"Howard Cohodas" <Howard.Cohodas@dkt.com> wrote in message news:NEBBIJGNLKKBOLLDACMKCEBMCKAA.Howard.Cohodas@dkt.com... > The php4 syntax seems to be different. The only place I've found any > reference to this is the COM Example at Zend. Here is a snippet that I am > working on. > > $id = new com("otf_GIF31.GIF_Encode"); > print "Loaded otf_GIF Version {$id->Version}"; > > Note the "->" for ".". > > I am using the ISAPI version with WebSite Pro 2.x. After restarting the > server, my script will run. Subsequent running fails. Funnily enough, $ver = $myCom.Version; works for me, but $ver = $myCom->Version; gives an error. Thanks to your help, I now have the COM call working from the command line, but I have two problems: 1. When I call the script from a browser, php hangs (this is WinNT 4) - I have to close the process down from the Task Manager. I have the same problem when I call an external executable with exec() or backticks, as I have posted in another thread. 2. The COM function modifies one of its arguments and I need this value to be returned. This doesn't happen, because (of course) the argument is passed by value as default. When I prefix it with & to force it to be passed by reference, I get a syntax error message. Does anyone have any ideas about the above? All help appreciated. Phil