asked on

COM object error on php script launch

I'm attempting to launch a php script from within another php script using the following code:

$WshShell = new COM("WScript.Shell");
$oExec = $WshShell->Run($runCommand, 7, false);

where $runCommand is:
%comspec% /c "C:/wap_artena/wap/php/php.exe" -c C:/wap_artena/wap/php/php.ini C:\wap_artena\artena\private\server\services\ARTENA_Plus\Modules\External\DB/LRP_SDR.php 164 10.1.1.152

Apache generates no issue. On IIS I receive the following error:

Source: Unknown
Description: Unknown

I have a feeling this is a permission-related issue but I'm not sure where or what to alter.

Thanks for your help.

kaylanreilor

I suppose that you have 1 machine with Apache and another one with IIS, is that it ?
Probably their is no info reported by IIS because your script doesn't handle error cases.
Could it be that the COM is registered on the machine where Apache runs but not on the other ?

artena

ASKER

The Apache and IIS environments are separate, yes. It is possible that the COM object isn't registered on the IIS box but I'm not certain which COM object I'm looking for; there is no WScript.Shell object registered on the Apache box.

kaylanreilor

So what could that mean ?
$WshShell = new COM("WScript.Shell");

artena

ASKER

I grasp that WScript.Shell is potentially the COM object but if so why would the script run fine on the Apache box, where it is not among the list of registered COM objects?

kaylanreilor

So you mean that there is no Windows scripting shell COM object on the machine ?!?
How do you know the name and what is the program you use view the list ?

kaylanreilor

And, BTW, are the settings of the Web Browser (perhaps IE) the same concerning ActiveX ?

ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION

artena

membership

This solution is only available to members.

To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.

Start Free Trial

kaylanreilor

What's going on is you open a command prompt and just type "CScript" ?
It should display the version and give you the oportunity to enable it.

kaylanreilor

So what was the solution here ???