I'm not sure, but try: $str = new VARIANT($obj->Get_Version_Str() , VT_STR | VT_BYREF ); or simply: $str = $obj->Get_Version_Str(); Also, are you sure that release() is part of your object definition? > $obj->Release(); Alain On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 08:50:52AM +0100, park wrote: > Im afraid I dont know VB script so I cant tell you, to call it from C you > would use: > > ITest *ptr = CoCreateObject( CLSID_Test...... ) > > char str[ 1024 ]; > ITest->Get_Version_Str( str, sizeof( str ) ); > > // str contains the version string > > ITest->Release(); > > > Last night I looked through the php source code and am pretty shure it needs > calling something like > > $obj = new COM( "Test.test" ); > $str = new VARIANT( "a very long string, so that sizeof string can handle > returned string, is there a better way ?", VT_STR | VT_BYREF ); > > $obj->Get_Version_Str( $str ); > $obj->Release(); > > Unfortunatly, whenever I try creating a variable of type VARIANT ( even if > its just ) > $o = new VARIANT(); > My script hangs, forever!!! > > Also I cant call Release - Its a member of IUnknown so I thought I would be > able to ? > > > All help will be apreciated. > > Park > > > > "Alain Samoun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Do you have a VB script showing how it connects to your COM object? > > Alain > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: park [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 3:18 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [PHP-WIN] COM - accessing pointer variables > > > > > > I have a method into my COM object specified as: > > > > HRESULT Get_Version_Str( [ in, out, size_is( size ) ] unsigned char *str, > > [ in ] unsigned long size ); > > > > now how do I call this from PHP ? > > I think that I need to create the arg's as VARIANT but I cant get it to > work > > :( > > > > please help > > > > park > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
