Class 'COM' not found
php, xampp
Solution
From PHP 5.4.5, COM and DOTNET is no longer built into the php core.you have to add COM support in php.ini:
[COM_DOT_NET]
extension=php_com_dotnet.dll
Otherwise you will see this in your error log: Fatal error: Class 'COM' not found
The extension is included with php 5.4.5 for Windows.
Problem
I've been trying to open a word document in my script, but I get receiving the same error. ``` Fatal error: Class 'COM' not found in /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/**/**.php on line 3 ``` My code: ``` <?php $word = new COM("word.application") or die("Unable to instantiate Word"); $word->Visible = 1; $word->Documents->Open("wordfile.docx"); $temp = $word->Dialogs->Item(228); // returns wdDialogToolsWordCount dialog object $temp->Execute(); //updates the word count $numwords = $temp->Words(); //gets the words out of it echo 'Word count = '.$numwords; $word->Quit(); ?> ``` I've tried to change `php.ini` and remove the semicolons from `COM` section. ``` [com] path to a file containing GUIDs, IIDs or filenames of files with TypeLibs com.typelib_file = allow Distributed-COM calls com.allow_dcom = true autoregister constants of a components typlib on com_load() com.autoregister_typelib = true register constants casesensitive com.autoregister_casesensitive = false show warnings on duplicate constat registrations com.autoregister_verbose = true ``` and still getting the same error. I'm using a `XAMMP` on mac, and a linux based web hosting.