I have run into this as well. Of course, the project I am working on is kind of critical so I couldn't spend time on resolving the issue.
I found that running the COM object through the php-cli prog, I could accomplish what I needed. Trying to insert the COM object in the Apache space caused all kinds of issues. As stated, I am not sure why. I just call php-cli through exec and created a php file that returns everything through std-out, and things are going good so far. -- Scott Carr OpenOffice.org Documentation Maintainer http://documentation.openoffice.org/ Quoting Ross Fleming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, thanks for your reply. The COM app doesn't even start. Viewing the > webpage that only attempts to open and close a COM instance (to winamp > incidently) simply says "Web page found, waiting for reply" and nothing > ever > happens. Simply trying it against the command line works fine however > which > baffles me. It also puts me in the direction of permissions I'd guess? > But > I've never really used XP/NT/2K before so I'm not sure where to look in > that > case. > > I read your answer to Olivier (whose problem appears to be the same as > mine) > and as for the user not being able to use COM, for the benefits of testing, > I was logged in as administrator which makes me doubtful that the cause > lies > there?... > > Would appreciate any other advice you might have. > > Cheers > > Ross > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Hurring [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 08 July 2002 22:33 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP-WIN] Re: COM stalls the server.. > > > Have you been making sure that the COM app. actually > finishes and cleans up properly on the server > (i.e. CTL+ALT+DEL process list doesn't show it)? > > I was playing with Excel+COM with PHP 4.2.0 and > there was a bug with the COM implementation and the > Excel instance would never terminate.... so after a few > minutes, there'd be so many open Excel instances that > the computer would really slow down. > > I'd imagine that on a server, the problem would be > magnified. > > -- > Scott Hurring > Systems Programmer > EAC Corporation > scott (*) eac.com > -- > "Ross Fleming" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > Hi again > > > > I'm trying a bit of COM programming in PHP but can't for the life of me > > figure out what's wrong. I've tried both Winamp (have winampCOM > installed) > > and MS Word and it just seems to stall the server whenever I view a page > > with it. Can anyone explain why or is there a setting in php.ini I have > to > > play with? (I've looked but can't find anything) > > > > It seems to work from the command line, but not through a browser. > > > > Config: > > Win XP Pro (administator) > > Apache 1.3.26 > > PHP 4.2.1 > > > > Ross > > > > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > -- > 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/ ----- End forwarded message ----- ------------------------------------------------- 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
