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Bug #38719 COM Error during accessing function VirtualMachines
Submitted: 2006-09-05 06:50 UTC Modified: 2020-02-16 04:22 UTC
Votes:30
Avg. Score:4.6 ± 0.7
Reproduced:27 of 27 (100.0%)
Same Version:10 (37.0%)
Same OS:13 (48.1%)
From: techscorpio at lxlabs dot com Assigned: cmb (profile)
Status: No Feedback Package: COM related
PHP Version: 5.1.6 OS: Windows 2003 r2
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2006-09-05 06:50 UTC] techscorpio at lxlabs dot com
Description:
------------
Hi,
 i am trying to warite a php script for administration of microsoft virtual server when i use a COM "VirtualServer.Application" the object is created but when i tried to access "VirtualMachines" etc,the COM function will troughs error.

Reproduce code:
---------------
Hi, 

I tried many times but still it's troughing the same error, i tried some other example but it seems actual problem is in php, it will not accessing COM properly i tried like this 

vb script:- 

'Script Begins 

On Error Resume Next 

'Connect to Virtual Server 
Set virtualServer = CreateObject("VirtualServer.Application") 

'Get collection of virtual machines 
set vmCollection = virtualServer.VirtualMachines 

'Iterate over the virtual machines and display data 
For Each vm in vmCollection 
Wscript.Echo "==============================" 
Wscript.Echo "Name: " & vm.Name 
Wscript.Echo 
Wscript.Echo "Notes: " & vm.Notes 

Wscript.Echo "==============================" 

Next 

'Script Ends 

Works Fine 

PHP Script 

<?php 
f1(); 
function f1() 
{ 
//Connect to Virtual Server 
$virtualServer = new COM("VirtualServer.Application"); 

//Get collection of virtual machines 
$vmCollection = $virtualServer->VirtualMachines; 
//Iterate over the virtual machines and display data 
foreach( $vmCollection as $vm) 
{ 
print("\n=============================="); 
print( "\nName: " $vm->Name); 
print("\n=============================="); 
} 
} 
Throughs Run time ERROR: 
Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'com_exception' with message 'Source: Unknown 
Description: Unknown' in C:\Program Files\lxlabs\ext\php\test.php:9 
Stack trace: 
#0 C:\Program Files\lxlabs\ext\php\test.php(9): f1() 
#1 C:\Program Files\lxlabs\ext\php\test.php(2): f1() 
#2 {main} 
thrown in C:\Program Files\lxlabs\ext\php\test.php on line 9 


When i cought Exception it will tough Object #2 

please help me it's urgent

Expected result:
----------------
it will show all the virtual machines under virtual server

Actual result:
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Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'com_exception' with message 'Source: Unknown 
Description: Unknown' in C:\Program Files\lxlabs\ext\php\test.php:9 

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 [2006-12-11 18:56 UTC] ana dot laura123 at gmail dot com
I have the same error. I'm trying to start a new php process to run a php script in the background. This is what i'm doing:

$WshShell = new COM("WScript.Shell");
$oExec = $WshShell->Run('C:\php\php.exe startEngine.php'); 

the script runs ok when i start it from a command window.
but it gives me this error when i try to run it from a php page:

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'com_exception' with message '<b>Source:</b> Unknown<br/><b>Description:</b> Unknown' in c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\M3PHP\Engine\EngineService.php:60 Stack trace: #0 c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\M3PHP\Engine\EngineService.php(60): com->Run('C:\php\php.exe ...') #1 {main} thrown in c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\M3PHP\Engine\EngineService.php on line 60
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'com_exception' with message 'Source: Unknown
Description: Unknown' in c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\M3PHP\Engine\EngineService.php:60 Stack trace: #0 c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\M3PHP\Engine\EngineService.php(60): com->Run('C:\php\php.exe ...') #1 {main} thrown in c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\M3PHP\Engine\EngineService.php on line 60
 [2007-06-20 02:55 UTC] jim_1234au at yahoo dot com dot au
Has there any progress, or workaround with this problem ?

I've just tried it with Apache/2.2.4 (Win32) PHP/5.2.3 on a Windows 2003R2 server. The same was orrucing with PHP v5.2.2.

Jim.....
 [2008-10-04 23:05 UTC] pykker at gmail dot com
I tried on Windows Vista SP1, PHP 5.2.1 and getting the same error.

Are there any news about this?
 [2009-05-27 02:26 UTC] jstel at 126 dot com
i get same error .

the error code is 

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'com_exception' with message '<b>Source:</b> Unknown<br/><b>Description:</b> Unknown' in D:\xampp\htdocs\snap\snap.php:4 Stack trace: #0 D:\xampp\htdocs\snap\snap.php(4): unknown() #1 {main} thrown in D:\xampp\htdocs\snap\snap.php on line 4


my source code is from demo of 

http://cn.php.net/manual/en/function.imagegrabwindow.php

<?php
$browser = new COM("InternetExplorer.Application");
$handle = $browser->HWND;
$browser->Visible = true;
$browser->Navigate("http://www.libgd.org");

/* Still working? */
while ($browser->Busy) {
    com_message_pump(4000);
}
$im = imagegrabwindow($handle, 0);
$browser->Quit();
imagepng($im, "iesnap.png");
imagedestroy($im);
?>
 [2011-08-10 08:22 UTC] pe dot dolenc at gmail dot com
Hello guys,
I've had similar problems trying to start application in the background, but 
always getting the Source: Unknown error.

For me the cause was, that backslashes weren't escaped, so please double check 
your code.
 [2013-12-13 07:47 UTC] wez@php.net
-Status: Assigned +Status: Open -Assigned To: wez +Assigned To:
 [2020-02-06 17:54 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback -Assigned To: +Assigned To: cmb
 [2020-02-06 17:54 UTC] cmb@php.net
First, a com_exception with the message "Source: Unknown
Description: Unknown" is thrown when a dispatch exception occurs,
but the automation server does neither provide a source nor a
description.  That means this is a rather generic error message,
which does not tell anything about the root cause.  Likely, the
different commenters here have different issues.

Regarding the OP: Microsoft Virtual Server had its last release in
2007, so I assume this issue is obsolete.  Am I wrong?

> the script runs ok when i start it from a command window.
> but it gives me this error when i try to run it from a php page:

This hints at some environmental issues (maybe insufficient
permissions).

Regarding the imagegrabwindow() example from the docs: while I
don't get any error or exception, I get a completely black image.
A quick look at the implementation of imagegrabwindow() shows that
the error handling should be improved.

And I think the error handling of this particular com_exception
should also be improved, but that is tracked in bug #51904.
 [2020-02-16 04:22 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net
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