Using word documents in php, mysql

Anon

I am a pretty new user of php and mysql and have a question. I dont know if this is possible but here is what i would like to do. I have a database of contact names, addresses, and such. I would like to easily take this information and insert it into a word 97 mail merge so i can easily mail all my clients. What is the best possible way to do this. I tried looking for an answer here and on other web sites but really could not find anything.
Thanks for any help

khaine

What you need is the com functions have a look at

http://www.phpbuilder.com/manual/ref.com.php

or do a search on here for 'com' it returns quite a few references.

Mark.

Anon

Thanks for the info mark, i used this coding in my php file just to open a word document:

$word=new COM("word.application") or die("Cannot start MS Word");
print "Loaded word version ($word->Version)\n";
$word->visible = 1 ;
$word->Documents->Add();
$word->Selection->Typetext("This is a test");

and i get this error
Cannot instantiate non-existent class: com in /usr/local/www/......word2.php on line 6

Thanks for any help

Anon

I dont know if you are running your server under windows or linux but under linux the com support isent there. You need to run your server under windows to get the support for the com functions.

Mark.