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com_load_typelib

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.7, PHP 5)

com_load_typelib — Loads a Typelib

Description

bool com_load_typelib ( string $typelib_name [, bool $case_insensitive ] )

Loads a type-library and registers its constants in the engine, as though they were defined using define(). The case_insensitive behaves in the same way as the parameter with the same name in the define() function.

typelib_name can be one of the following:

PHP will attempt to resolve the type library in this order, as the process gets more and more expensive as you progress down the list; searching for the type library by name is handled by physically enumerating the registry until we find a match.

Note that it is much more efficient to use the COM configuration setting to pre-load and register the constants, although not so flexible.

If you have turned on COM, then PHP will attempt to automatically register the constants associated with a COM object when you instantiate it. This depends on the interfaces provided by the COM object itself, and may not always be possible.


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