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Operating system: WINDOWS
PHP version: 5.2.0
PHP Bug Type: COM related
Bug description: the dcom interface doesn't support the utf8 encoding
Description:
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I try to test this bug with the MS Word application, with MS Excel and
with Adobe Indesign application, but I suppose that also with other
applications the result is the same.
If I insert (with COM interface) a text with non standard encoding (like
russian language , greek language etc.), I get always strange output. I
try to change all the settings in php.ini, I try to use the mbstring and
the iconv functions, but the result is the same:
1) I get the '?' symbols
2) I get the strange output
The file .php that I use for test is saved correctly in utf-8 format
I.E. I put a greek text in a variable..if I write this variable in a text
file, it work well, but If I use this var for print an output with a com
interface, it doesn't work.
I try this with all the last php versions.
Reproduce code:
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<?
// create a reference to a new COM component (Word)
$word = new COM("word.application") or die("Can't start Word!");
// print the version of Word that's now in use
echo "Loading Word, v. {$word->Version}<br>";
// set the visibility of the application to 0 (false)
// to open the application in the forefront, use 1 (true)
$word->Visible = 1;
// create a new document in Word
$word->Documents->Add();
// add text to the new document
//in the next line I assign at $text var a greek text string
$text="ÅëëçíéêÜ";
//i try to use the mb, with many combinations of encoding
//but the result is the same if I comment this line
$text=mb_convert_encoding($text, '', "UTF-8");
//I try to write the var in a text file, and it works well
$c=fopen("test.txt","w");
fputs($c,($text));
$word->Selection->TypeText($text);
//save the document in the Windows temp directory
// print another message to the screen
echo "Check for the file...";
?>
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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=40355&edit=1
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Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4):
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=trysnapshot44
Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2):
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=trysnapshot52
Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0):
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=trysnapshot60
Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=needscript
Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=notwrong
Not enough info:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=float
No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40355&r=mysqlcfg
