objects... asp does... php doesn't

[PIII450]

Hi all,

I have a system running IIS en Apache. It is also running ASP and PHP.

Why would

<%
Dim obj1
Dim var1

Set obj1 = Server.CreateObject("conv1.conv2")
obj1.method1
var1 = obj1.property1

Set obj1 = Nothing
%>

work and

<?php
$obj1 = null;
$var1 = null;

$obj1= new COM("conv1.conv2")
$obj1->method1;
$var1 = $obj1->property1;

$obj1 = null;
?>

not? In both instances the object does get created!!
TIA
Roger

[Pedro Graca]

PI*****@HOME.NL wrote:

<% sorry, don't know asp
<?php
$obj1 = null;
$var1 = null;

$obj1= new COM("conv1.conv2")
$obj1->method1;

Is this a function call?
If it is, I guess you need parentheses, like
$obj1->method1();

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[Chung Leong]

In my own experience I've found that COM doesn't work very well in
PHP4. It has a way of rapidly leaking memory. You might want to stick
with using ASP if you must make use of COM objects.

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Hi all,

I have a system running IIS en Apache. It is also running ASP and PHP.

Why would

<%
Dim obj1
Dim var1

Set obj1 = Server.CreateObject("conv1.conv2")
obj1.method1
var1 = obj1.property1

Set obj1 = Nothing
%>

work and

<?php
$obj1 = null;
$var1 = null;

$obj1= new COM("conv1.conv2")
$obj1->method1;
$var1 = $obj1->property1;

$obj1 = null;
?>

not? In both instances the object does get created!!
TIA
Roger

[Zurab Davitiani]

Chung Leong wrote on Friday 28 November 2003 20:44:

In my own experience I've found that COM doesn't work very well in
PHP4. It has a way of rapidly leaking memory. You might want to stick
with using ASP if you must make use of COM objects.

It's not just COM. In my experience, there is no way to free the memory
that's taken up by any object in PHP until the script execution ends. This
applies to PHP4; I haven't tested PHP5 yet.

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[Chung Leong]

I wasn't talking about PHP failing to release memory within a given
script. The leak I was encountering persists after the script has
completed execution. When PHP is running as an Apache module on
Windows, this would lead eventually to a server crash.

I've spend a bit of time with PHP 5 beta 2 and I can report happily
that memory management is much better. A script that would grind to a
halt in PHP4 is able to run uneventfully in PHP5.

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Chung Leong wrote on Friday 28 November 2003 20:44:

In my own experience I've found that COM doesn't work very well in
PHP4. It has a way of rapidly leaking memory. You might want to stick
with using ASP if you must make use of COM objects.

It's not just COM. In my experience, there is no way to free the memory
that's taken up by any object in PHP until the script execution ends. This
applies to PHP4; I haven't tested PHP5 yet.

[Savut]

False, ASP dont use () for method call

Savut

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PI*****@HOME.NL wrote:

<%

sorry, don't know asp

<?php
$obj1 = null;
$var1 = null;

$obj1= new COM("conv1.conv2")
$obj1->method1;

Is this a function call?
If it is, I guess you need parentheses, like
$obj1->method1();

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[Phil Roberts]

With total disregard for any kind of safety measures "Savut"
<we***@hotmail.com> leapt forth and uttered:

False, ASP dont use () for method call

But you're not using ASP, you're using PHP. And PHP requires () on
method calls.

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