php error message

[aflatooni]

I have this php code to load  a word document : sample.docx

 

//define a variable

define('wdPropertyTitle', 1);

//instantiate the object   OK
$word = new COM("word.application") or die ("Could not initialise MS Word object.");

// check Class
print_r(get_class($word));  //   OK  dispalys Class_name COM

// load a document
//$word->Documents->Open(realpath("Sample.docx"));
$word->Documents->Open("sample.docx");   // No Exception up to here

//check the object

echo "<pre>";
print_r($word);   // respose:  object (       )
echo "</pre>";

// get properties
$Print = $word->ActiveDocument->BuiltInDocumentProperties(wdFieldPrint);

?>

Question: When I run the script, I get the following exception:

PHP Fatal error: Uncaught com_exception: <b>Source:</b> Microsoft Word<br/><b>Description:</b> This command is not available because no document is open. in C:\phpFolder\php_codes\class_COM.php:75

Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in C:\phpFolder\php_codes\class_COM.php on line 75

Do you have any solution to get this thing done?, please

PS: I have : win 10, php 7.4.1, IIS 10 ,  php_com_dotnet is active in php.ini,

Dcom Configured in windows snap-in

Appreciated 

Mohamad Aflatooni

[gw1500se]

You need to be using try/catch with these calls to handle and identify errors. I'm guessing the open is failing because the path to the file is wrong.

[aflatooni]

7 hours ago, aflatooni said:

I have this php code to load  a word document : sample.docx

 

//define a variable

define('wdPropertyTitle', 1);

//instantiate the object   OK
$word = new COM("word.application") or die ("Could not initialise MS Word object.");

// check Class
print_r(get_class($word));  //   OK  dispalys Class_name COM

// load a document
//$word->Documents->Open(realpath("Sample.docx"));
$word->Documents->Open("sample.docx");   // No Exception up to here

//check the object

echo "<pre>";
print_r($word);   // respose:  object (       )
echo "</pre>";

// get properties
$Print = $word->ActiveDocument->BuiltInDocumentProperties(wdFieldPrint);

?>

Question: When I run the script, I get the following exception:

PHP Fatal error: Uncaught com_exception: <b>Source:</b> Microsoft Word<br/><b>Description:</b> This command is not available because no document is open. in C:\phpFolder\php_codes\class_COM.php:75

Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in C:\phpFolder\php_codes\class_COM.php on line 75

Do you have any solution to get this thing done?, please

PS: I have : win 10, php 7.4.1, IIS 10 ,  php_com_dotnet is active in php.ini,

Dcom Configured in windows snap-in

Appreciated 

Mohamad Aflatooni

1-I tried "try an catch" as follows, ..didn't get any error!.

//-----------------------------------------------try exception
try {
    $word = new COM("word.application");
                  $filename="C:/phpFolder/php_codes/Sample.docx";
    $word->Documents->Open($filename);
}
catch (com_exception $e) {print $e;}  // displays no  error

//------------------------------------------------end try exception

2-The error is solely due to these statements that I tried again:

$Print = $word->ActiveDocument->BuiltInDocumentProperties(wdFieldPrint);

$word->Selection->TypeText("This is a test...");  // function does not exist
$word->Documents[1]->SaveAs("Useless test.docx");  // function does not exist

$Title = $word->ActiveDocument->BuiltInDocumentProperties(wdPropertyTitle);

$content = (string) $word->ActiveDocument->Content;
print $content;

any idea?, appreciate it.

 

 

[kicken]

You need to make sure to exit word when you're done, otherwise it will hang around in the background causing issues.

wdFieldPrint / wdPropertyTitle don't mean anything.  These are constants that have a particular value so you either need to define them or use the real value in their place.  wdFieldPrint isn't something you'd look for in BuiltInDocumentProperties either

Make sure you use a full path to the document.  When I tried a relative path it looked in C:\Windows\System32 rather than the current directory.

Rather than using ActiveDocument, you could just use the value returned from your open call.

<?php

const wdPropertyPages = 14;
const wdPropertyWords = 15;
const wdPropertyTitle = 1;

$word =new COM('Word.Application');
try {
    $document = $word->Documents->Open('W:\\test.docx');

    $value = $document->BuiltInDocumentProperties[wdPropertyPages];
    var_dump((string)$value);

    $value = $document->BuiltInDocumentProperties[wdPropertyWords];
    var_dump((string)$value);

    $value = $word->ActiveDocument->BuiltInDocumentProperties[wdPropertyTitle];
    var_dump((string)$value);
} finally {
    $word->Quit(0);
}