VARIANT

VARIANT class ()
object VARIANT::VARIANT ( [mixed value [, int type [, int codepage]]] )

Example 408. Variant example, PHP 4.x style

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<?php

$v = new VARIANT(42);

print "The type is " . $v->type . "<br/>";

print "The value is " . $v->value . "<br/>";
?>

Example 409. Variant example, PHP 5 style

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<?php

$v = new VARIANT(42);

print "The type is " . variant_get_type($v) . "<br/>";

print "The value is " . $v . "<br/>";
?>

Code Examples / Notes » class.variant

richard dot quadling

With thanks to Harald Radi and Wez Furlong. Some VBA functions have optional parameters. Sometimes the parameters you want to pass are not consecutive. e.g. GoTo What:=wdGoToBookmark, Name="BookMarkName" GoTo(wdGoToBookmark,,,"BookMarkName) In PHP, the "blank" parameters need to be empty. Which is ... <?php // Some servers may have an auto timeout, so take as long as you want. set_time_limit(0); // Show all errors, warnings and notices whilst developing. error_reporting(E_ALL); // Used as a placeholder in certain COM functions where no parameter is required. $empty = new VARIANT(); // Load the appropriate type library. com_load_typelib('Word.Application'); // Create an object to use. $word = new COM('word.application') or die('Unable to load Word'); print "Loaded Word, version {$word->Version}\n"; // Open a new document with bookmarks of YourName and YourAge. $word->Documents->Open('C:/Unfilled.DOC'); // Fill in the information from the form. $word->Selection->GoTo(wdGoToBookmark,$empty,$empty,'YourName'); // Note use of wdGoToBookmark, from the typelibrary and the use of $empty. $word->Selection->TypeText($_GET['YourName']); $word->Selection->GoTo(wdGoToBookmark,$empty,$empty,'YourAge'); $word->Selection->TypeText($_GET['YourAge']); // Save it, close word and finish. $word->Documents[1]->SaveAs("C:/{$_GET['YourName']}.doc"); $word->Quit(); $word->Release(); $word = null; print "Word closed.\n"; ?> The example document is ... Hello [Bookmark of YourName], you are [Bookmark of YourAge] years old. and it would be called ... word.php?YourName=Richard%20Quadling&YourAge=35 Regards, Richard.

mark dot pearson

Running PHP 4.3.2 on Windows 2000 I had to use the following expression to create an empty Variant: <?php $empty = new Variant(null); print $empty->type // ==> 1 ?> NOT <?php $empty = new Variant(); print $empty->type // ==> 0 ?> The two expressions return different Variant type values!

darren

If you are frustrated that print_r($obj) (where $obj is something returned from a call to a function on a COM object) does not return anything helpful, and that variant_get_type($obj) just returns a number, the function you are actually after is: com_print_typeinfo($obj); It lists all functions, variables, their types in a human-readable (well, programmer-readable) format. Lovely!

alain

<?php # I think that we need some examples of this thing: # Lets define a real variant: $varREAL= new Variant("9.34 is a real number",VT_R8); print "Value:". $varREAL->value; # Will print 9.34 # Now an integer $varINT= new Variant("9.34 Printed as an integer",VT_INT); print "Value:". $varINT->value; # Will print 9 # Now a string $varSTR= new Variant("9.34 Printed as a string",VT_BSTR); print "Value:". $varSTR->value; # Will 9.34 Printed as a string ?>

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