VIII. COM support functions for Windows
Introduction
COM is a technology which allows the reuse of code written
in any language (by any language) using a standard calling
convention and hiding behind APIs the implementation details
such as what machine the Component is stored on and the executable
which houses it. It can be thought of as a super Remote Procedure
Call (RPC) mechanism with some basic object roots. It separates
implementation from interface.
COM encourages versioning, separation of implementation
from interface and hiding the implementation details such
as executable location and the language it was written in.
Requirements
COM functions are only available on the Windows version
of PHP.
Installation
There is no installation needed to use these functions;
they are part of the PHP core.
The windows version of PHP has built in support for this
extension. You do not need to load any additional extension
in order to use these functions.
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