Try this article
http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/alain20001003.php3
it helped me allot, If you go deeper into the Com object you will find that
you can actually call an object from a
remote server -- have not tried it myself yet : )
Niel Zeeman
----- Original Message -----
From: Paulson, Joseph V. "Jay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 'bard' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Miles Thompson
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Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 5:42 PM
Subject: RE: [PHP] Calling a Windows Com object or an Extended Fetch?
> Well the next problem I have found is that php has to be running on a
> windows machine for the com objects to actually work and well we are
running
> it on a Unix box. So we can't use the com objects. Thanks for all the
help
> thought!
> Jay
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 5:37 PM
> To: Miles Thompson
> Cc: Paulson, Joseph V. "Jay"; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Calling a Windows Com object or an Extended Fetch?
>
>
> Or you could just look at the phpbuilder.com column on using COM objects
in
> php, or you could RTFM at the php.net site. just type in php.net/com and
see
> what happens.
>
> We use php and com here a lot, and while the implementation lacks a few
> features of the asp/vb implementation it's handy when migrating from
NT/ASP
> to NT/PHP.
>
>
> On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Miles Thompson wrote:
>
> > I don't know, but I was glancing through an article on PHP in the
current
> > issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal last week. At the very end I *think* there
was
>
> > an example of calling a COM object. It was a VbScript <-> PHP
comparision.
>
> > Have a look, might help.
> >
> > Miles
> >
> > (Yes, I've been known to make notes while in the newsstand.)
> >
> > At 10:01 AM 01/09/2001 -0600, Paulson, Joseph V. \"Jay\" wrote:
> > >Hello everyone--
> > >I was wondering if PHP can call Windows COM objects in memory? If PHP
> can
> > >do this does anyone know how to do it or can you point me in the
> direction
> > >were I can pissibly figure it out. Also, does anyone know if PHP can
> call
> > >an Extended Fetch?
> > >Thanks,
> > >Jay Paulson
> > >
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