I am trying to read contents of word file. when i run this script on localhost i hear a beep and the page keeps loading and nothing happens. Do i need to make changes in php.ini or somewhere else to make COM work

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

$word->Documents->Open(realpath("test.doc"));

// Extract content.

$content =(string) $开发者_开发知识库word->ActiveDocument->Content;

echo $content;

$word->ActiveDocument->Close(false);

$word->Quit(); $word = null; unset($word);

when i run this script on localhost i hear a beep

That's probably the Word.Application object encountering an error. Guess you should stop doing what you're doing and try something else:

Considerations for server-side Automation of Office

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Microsoft does not currently recommend, and does not support, Automation of Microsoft Office applications from any unattended, non-interactive client application or component (including ASP, ASP.NET, DCOM, and NT Services), because Office may exhibit unstable behavior and/or deadlock when Office is run in this environment.