Hello,

I am having trouble with COM. (Who's not?) But my problem is not the language it self, but I get an error message,

Fatal error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: com in /home/web/com.php


How do I know if my server can run COM?

Doesn't it suppose to run COM, also what is DCOM?

thank you,

someone new to COM & DCOM.

The server is Linux, php 4.2, and Apache 2.0

Does this means there's no hope?
I just read in the online manual
"COM functions are only available for the Windows version of PHP."

thank you

: The server is Linux, php 4.2, and Apache 2.0
:
: Does this means there's no hope?
: I just read in the online manual
: "COM functions are only available for the Windows version of PHP."
:
: thank you
:
:
COM is a microsoft technology, so it is only available on Windows.

DCOM is Distributed COM, it allows software component located on different networked computers to communicate with each other.

I believe DCOM is considered old and depricated and it is recommended to use .NET instead. .NET can be used on linux using mono (http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page)



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nugent