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Bug #42551 new COM("HTMLFile") => warnings
Submitted: 2007-09-04 21:13 UTC Modified: 2015-04-07 18:39 UTC
Votes:2
Avg. Score:3.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:0 of 0 (0.0%)
From: csaba at alum dot mit dot edu Assigned: wharmby (profile)
Status: Not a bug Package: COM related
PHP Version: 5.2.4 OS: Win XP Pro
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2007-09-04 21:13 UTC] csaba at alum dot mit dot edu
Description:
------------
When I attempt to do
$doc = new COM("HTMLFile");
this results in warnings that Type Library constants True and False are already defined.  Otherwise, the script runs fine.

The equivalent code as a .vbs file runs wihtout complaints

Csaba Gabor from Vienna

Reproduce code:
---------------
<?php
$doc = new COM("HTMLFile");
$win = $doc->parentWindow;
print ($doc->location . "\n");

$win->ExecScript(
  "window.keepLooping=true");
$win->setTimeout (
  "alert('timeout works');
   window.keepLooping=false;", 2000);

while ($win->keepLooping)
  com_message_pump(200);
print ("Done Looping");
?>

Expected result:
----------------
The only thing I expect to see printed is:
about:blank
Done Looping

Actual result:
--------------
Warning: com::com(): Type library constant True is already defined in C:\test2.php on line 2

Warning: com::com(): Type library constant False is already defined in C:\test2.php on line 2
about:blank
Done Looping

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 [2007-09-05 12:44 UTC] jani@php.net
Assigned to the maintainer.
 [2009-03-17 13:23 UTC] csaba at alum dot mit dot edu
There is another variant of this which crops up from time to time (I am using version 5.2.6).  Unfortunately, I cannot detect any pattern in when it happens.  It only happens with low frequency (around 2 percent of the time), but when it happens my screen is filled with 31 error warnings.  The following line

$oFSO = new COM("Scripting.FileSystemObject");

will (sometimes) cause 31 warnings of the following type:

Warning: com::com(): Type library constant BinaryCompare is already defined in C:\phpScripts\myScript.php on line 32

The specific list of constants it complains about is:
BinaryCompare TextCompare DatabaseCompare ForReading ForWriting ForAppending TristateTrue TristateFalse TristateUseDefault TristateMixed Normal ReadOnly Hidden System Volume Directory Archive Alias Compressed UnknownType Removable Fixed Remote CDRom RamDisk WindowsFolder SystemFolder TemporaryFolder StdIn StdOut StdErr

This has even happened when the script was the very first thing that I ran after a reboot.

In any case, I would expect that if the value of the constants is the same, then I not get the complaint.
 [2015-04-07 18:39 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Status: Assigned +Status: Not a bug
 [2015-04-07 18:39 UTC] cmb@php.net
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