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The short answer is PHP is different from ASP.

The long answer is that atm we cannot support the ()= syntax and offer the []= as an alternative.

Ok you are right...

You said -> The long answer is that atm we cannot support the ()= syntax and offer
the []= as an alternative

But why this code doesn't work with PHP 5.1.0b3 & The lastest CVS 5.1.0Dev...it works for PHP 5.0.4

<?php
try{
$com=new COM("Automation_Users");//My Company ActiveX
$index=$com->IndexOf($user);
$target=$com->Items[$index];//return user object
$target->Password="password";
$com->Items[$index]=$target;//to update user's information
unset($com);
}catch(Exception $exp){
echo $exp->getMessage();
}
?>

At line >> $target=$com->Items[$index];

Error is >> [0x8002000e] Invalid number of parameters.

Any idea ?

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Thank you for your interest in PHP.

I'd like to see the IDL for the methods you are using there, and find out why it stopped working in 5.1.

The OleView tool is the best bet for this; if you don't have it, the com_print_typeinfo() function in PHP is better than nothing.

Thank you so much "wez@php.net" your answer is very nice...listen carefully in the problem and find out why.

I have no any Oleview tool but, I get an idea which make the same result, you can use your Oleview tool to view something you want.

Try this code...it's well known COM Object

<?php
$conn=new COM("ADODB.Connection");
$rs=new COM("ADODB.Recordset");
$conn->Open("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=".dirname(__FILE__)."\\".basename("Northwind.mdb"));
$sql="Select * From Customers";
$rs->Open($sql,$conn,1,3);
echo "First Record : ".$rs[1]->Name."=".$rs->Fields->Item[1];
$rs->Close();
$conn->Close();
unset($conn,$rs);
?>
//MS Access XP 2002
//MDAC 2.8
-----------------------------------------------------------
Result From 5.0.4

First Record : CompanyName=Alfreds Futterkiste

-----------------------------------------------------------
Result From 5.1.0b3 & 5.1.0Dev200507171830

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'com_exception' with message 'Error [0x8002000e] Invalid number of 

parameters. ' in D:\Project\PHP\test.php:7 Stack trace: #0 D:\Project\PHP\test.php(7): unknown() #1  

{main} thrown in D:\Project\PHP\test.php on line 7

With catch exception
Fatal error: Error [0x8002000e] Invalid number of parameters.

At line 7 >> echo "First Record : ".$rs[1]->Name."=".$rs->Fields->Item[1];
The point is >> $rs->Fields->Item[1];
-----------------------------------------------------------

Hope this may help...thank you.

I first noticed this change, () vs [], in 5.0.5.
5.0.4 uses (), but 5.0.5 onwards uses []. 

Thanks

This bug has been fixed in CVS.

Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change
will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at
http://snaps.php.net/.
 
Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better.