Hi!
No, I'm not doing anything specific though:
(PHP 5.2, IIS 6.0, Win2003 Server, Word 2003)
<?php
$word = new COM("Word.Application");
//It's better to keep Word invisible
$word->Visible = 1;
$word->Documents->Open("c:\\test.doc");
$word = null;
?>
No, not special permissions. It might be that IIS Out of process is running. On some systems this don't seem to run and some system it does. I don't know why, but when IIS Out Of process-component service is active then the word-object-com-"application" work.
I can't give you any working application though, because the server I'm testing on is at a customer.
Best regards
/Gustav Wiberg
-----Original Message-----
From: John Mertic [mailto:jmertic@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 1:24 PM
To: Gustav Wiberg
Cc: PHP-Windows Group
Subject: Re: PHP-memory leak with COM-objects?
Do you have a working demo of what you are doing with Word COM and
PHP? I'm kinda curious since I've never seen anyone be able to save a
document back to the webserver like that. Are you setting some special
permissions on the webserver?
John
On 10/10/07, Gustav Wiberg <gustav@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi again!
>
> I noticed I didn't pay enough attention to your question... Sorry for that.
>
> The file is stored on the server!
>
> And with COM-objects I managed to do a PHP-script - create a
> (Word)-COM-object to open a certain file (say c:\test.doc on the server). I
> changed te c:\test.doc from within the php-application and pushed Saved (in
> the Word-object that open up). And Yes, the content changed in the file
> c:\test.doc which is on the server.
>
> TinyMCE or whatsoever is out of question. It must be word. I don't want to
> change a whole organisations policy about using word... :-)
>
> Best regards
> /Gustav Wiberg
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Mertic" <jmertic@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Gustav Wiberg" <gustav@xxxxxx>
> Cc: "PHP-Windows Group" <php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 10:07 PM
> Subject: Re: PHP-memory leak with COM-objects?
>
>
> > Using PHP ( whether via COM or not ) in a web application to interact
> > with a file on the local user's machine isn't possible. PHP is a
> > server-side language in this context, and it interacts with the COM
> > object on the server which has no access to the user's local machine.
> >
> > If the file is on the server, you can't push changes to it from the
> > Word editing control in IE, it will only allow saving changes to the
> > local computer.
> >
> > If you are looking at doing the first option, then a PHP web app is
> > out of the question; perhaps a short VBScript to do any preprocessing
> > of the document would be in order. If you are looking at the second,
> > you may want to consider one of the Rich Text Editing tools that you
> > can drop in a webpage, such as FCKEditor or TinyMCE; these typically
> > will want input and output in XHTML however.
> >
> > John
> >
> > On 10/10/07, Gustav Wiberg <gustav@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >> It was just an example, but say Yes. Does it make a difference?
> >>
> >> Best regards
> >> /Gustav Wiberg
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "John Mertic" <jmertic@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: "Gustav Wiberg" <gustav@xxxxxx>
> >> Cc: "PHP-Windows Group" <php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 7:55 PM
> >> Subject: Re: PHP-memory leak with COM-objects?
> >>
> >>
> >> > Is c:\test.doc a file on the local user's machine or the server?
> >> >
> >> > On 10/10/07, Gustav Wiberg <gustav@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >> Hi again!
> >> >>
> >> >> I want the logged-in user to able to open a word-file (or an
> >> >> Excel-file
> >> >> or
> >> >> whatever) and then Push Save-Icon and make sure that changes are
> >> >> actually
> >> >> made.
> >> >> Example:
> >> >>
> >> >> John opens up file c:\test.doc. He writes "Ugly cow" in it and pushes
> >> >> the
> >> >> save-icon. Ugly Cow is now stored in file c:\test.doc. Working with
> >> >> COM-objects is the only solution I have found!?
> >> >>
> >> >> Normally If John opens up c:\test.doc Internet Explorer (or whatever
> >> >> browser) saves the file temporarily in some temp-folder (don't know
> >> >> exact
> >> >> location), lets say c:\temp\sdifiuweoriu2734872.tmp. When John pushes
> >> >> Save-icon he saves the new information TO the temporarily stored file
> >> >> IF
> >> >> he
> >> >> doesn't use Save AS...
> >> >>
> >> >> Please come with suggestions :-)
> >> >>
> >> >> Best regards
> >> >> /Gustav Wiberg
> >> >>
> >> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> >> From: "John Mertic" <jmertic@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> >> To: "Gustav Wiberg" <gustav@xxxxxx>
> >> >> Cc: "PHP-Windows Group" <php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 1:30 PM
> >> >> Subject: Re: PHP-memory leak with COM-objects?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> > I've worked a lot with the Word COM and while it works well on a
> >> >> > single desktop, I wouldn't recommend it for a server process. It's
> >> >> > rather slow and while the memory eventually gets cleaned up, it
> >> >> > still
> >> >> > takes up a lot of memory for as little as it does. I'm not so sure
> >> >> > OpenOffice is much better in this regard.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > You could push these tasks to another server, but I'd also look at
> >> >> > what you are doing and see if you can do it another way. We
> >> >> > currently
> >> >> > use Word documents as template for a mail merge type operation and
> >> >> > are
> >> >> > looking to move these to RTF since that enables us to take Word out
> >> >> > of
> >> >> > the loop when doing the mail merge ( we actually just do a global
> >> >> > find
> >> >> > and replace in the document since we've found more consistent
> >> >> > results
> >> >> > with that ). But again, this all depends upon the application.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > John
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On 10/10/07, Gustav Wiberg <gustav@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >> >> Hi!
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I want to use COM+ objects (especially with Word). I have
> >> >> >> understood
> >> >> >> (a
> >> >> >> lot of reading on the Internet) that when initiating COM-objects
> >> >> >> with
> >> >> >> Word (even if the object is released in variable in the code). Word
> >> >> >> leaks
> >> >> >> a lot of memory. I have also read that if I want to use Word-COM+
> >> >> >> object
> >> >> >> I should have a dedicated server because it takes so much memory.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I have tested some and I easily get out of memory even if there is
> >> >> >> 4GB
> >> >> >> on
> >> >> >> the server I tested against.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Then I run PHP as ISAPI, and the suggestion on the php.net site was
> >> >> >> to
> >> >> >> run PHP as CGI because COM-objects are run in the same memory-space
> >> >> >> as
> >> >> >> ISAPI when running as ISAPI-module.
> >> >> >> http://php.oregonstate.edu/manual/en/class.com.php
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> What do you guys thinks about above? Give me some feedback, please
> >> >> >> :-)
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Best regards
> >> >> >> /Gustav Wiberg
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
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> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>
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> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > --
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> >> >> > jmertic@xxxxxxxxx
> >> >> > http://jmertic.wordpress.com
> >> >> >
> >> >> > "Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog: you understand it
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