PHP Functions Essential Reference

new COM

resource new COM(string component, [string remote_server]) 

component	Component to load
remote_server	Optional remote server for DCOM

Creates a new instance of a COM object.

Returns:

Instance of COM object

Description:

This is technically not a function but a constructor to a reserved class called COM for accessing COM objects in PHP 4.0. This is functionally similar to com_load in PHP 3.0. From here you can easily call functions and read properties from the new COM object. For setting properties in the COM object, use com_set() and com_get(). In ASP, the code in the following example would be written as follows:

set com = Server.CreateObject("ObjectName.ClassName") 

Version:

Existing since version 4.0

Example:

Create and read from ...