How to kill winword.exe process using php

[spersad]

Can anyone help me please. I would like to kill the Winword.exe process before I open it and write data to the document

[rhodesa]

This describes how to kill processes with the command line:

http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/446/xp_kill_windows_process_command_line_taskkill/

 

try running that with PHP's exec() function

[Maq]

Use the shell execution function:

 

shell_exec("killall Winword.exe");

 

You're going to have to explain the rest of your problem in more detail.

[spersad]

Thanks for the Help. I am basically creating a word object using the COM classes. EG.

 

$word = new MSWordClass();

$word->Open($template_file);

 

The problem is that when I run the application it takes a long time to generate the word document and when i check the list of processes in taskmanager, I see several instances of WINWORD.exe active. So I was thinking If i kill any active instances of WINWORD.exe before I run the above lines of code then my problem should be solved. What do you all think ?

[premiso]

Are you closing the $word object? Or does it have an option to close?

 

It sounds like you are not properly closing that object, which is why the process keeps running.

[spersad]

As far as possible i have closed the object with these lines of code

$word->Close();

$word->Quit();

$word = NULL;

unset($word);

 

[premiso]

Not sure how that come object works, but I would do Quit before Close and see if that helps you at all.

[rhodesa]

the php doc has an example on opening word, creating a document, writing to it, and closing it. it's example # 1 here:

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/class.com.php

[spersad]

So far the exec("taskkill /IM WINWORD.exe"); seems to work. I will do futher testing and I will post my findings. Thanks for the help everyone