Has anyone helped you so far? Looks like a reference counting problem in PHP. There were such problems in the past but they were resolved. I assume this happens with any COM object you are trying to open? Andi > -----Original Message----- > From: Sascha Meyer [mailto:harlequin2@xxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 1:48 AM > To: php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Word instance not closing after call to $word->Quit() > > Good morning to you, > > one of my scripts creates a winword COM reference, creates a new document, > appends data and saves the file to disk; works like a charm, but the word > instance remains after the script has finished. > > To test this issue, I created the following minimalistic script: > > [CODE] > <?php > $word = new COM("word.application") or die("Unable to instantiate Word"); > $word->Quit(); > try { > // If not caugt, a fatal exception is thrown because "Release()" is > not defined > // Means, I could also skip this line ... > $word->Release(); > } catch (Exception $ex){ > > } > $word = null; > unset($word); > ?> > [/CODE] > > The word instance is created fine, the script ends without errors, but the > WINWORD.EXE remains in the task manager for eternity ... > > Any ideas how to fix this? > > My setup: > * Windows 2003 Server > * PHP 5.2.5.5 > * Word 2003 > > Thanks in advance! > > Regards, Sascha > -- > Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kann`s mit allen: > http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger > > -- > 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
