Introduction
COM is an acronym for
There is a subset of COM known as OLE Automation which comprises a set of
COM interfaces that allow loose binding to COM objects, so that they can
be introspected and called at run-time without compile-time knowledge of
how the object works. The PHP COM extension utilizes the OLE
Automation interfaces to allow you to create and call compatible objects
from your scripts. Technically speaking, this should really be called
the " Now, why would or should you use COM? COM is one of the main ways to glue applications and components together on the Windows platform; using COM you can launch Microsoft Word, fill in a document template and save the result as a Word document and send it to a visitor of your web site. You can also use COM to perform administrative tasks for your network and to configure your IIS; these are just the most common uses; you can do much more with COM. Additionally, we support the instantiation and creation of .Net assemblies using the COM interoperability layer provided by Microsoft. |