COM apache crash

[hyrogen]

Hi,

Im trying to use the command:

$word= new COM("word.application") or die("Unable to create Word document");

Everytime I do, apache gets a fatal error; and I cant seem to find anyway to resolve it. Im using apache2 and I even upgraded my php from 4 to version 5.

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[jpadie]

are you using php as an asapi module? if so, try using the cgi variant and see whether it makes a difference (to test this you could just try running the script from the command line).

also, i'm not sure whether apache2 on windows is yet stable. last time i looked at it (admittedly a few months ago), the installation came with big windows health warnings.

i suggest investigating on the apache site and if my memory serves right, downgrade to the 1.x tree or switch to IIS.