Interfacing with COM objects under Windows Page 2

Check and modify php.ini settings.

Open up your php.ini file. This should be located in your windows or windowssystem directory.
Search for the section with the title [com]
Within this section, set the following:

; 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

Modify COM permissions to Allow PHP to Use the COM Interface

From the Start menu, select run and type dcomcnfg, as in the image below :

Depending on the version of windows you are running, a screen which resembles the one below will appear.