PHP and a Word template...

[SavagePHP]

OK, I've been trying to get this to work all weekend. I am trying to take user input from a web page, insert the input on a word.doc with bookmarks and save it as a new file on my system. Here is the code I have so far to handle the user input.

<?php
$name = $_POST["name"];

$word = new COM("Word.Application") or die("Unable to instantiate Word");

$template_file = "C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\sample\sample.doc";
$word->visible=1;

$word->Documents->Open($template_file);

$bookmarkname = "text45";
$objBookmark = $word->ActiveDocument->Bookmarks($bookmarkname);
$range = $objBookmark->Range;

$range->Text = $name;

$new_file = "c:\reminder_new.doc";
$word->Documents[1]->SaveAs($new_file);

$word->Quit();
$word->Release();
$word = null;
?>

It initializes word but seems to hang right there and wont actually insert the text and save. Any ideas where I went wrong? Do I have to be running IIS for COM or should it work on an Apache server?

[SavagePHP]

And just so you know... I can create code to create a new word doc, input data based off the submitted form and save it, but cannot edit an existing word doc with bookmarks. the page just hangs in a forever loading state.

UPDATE: I actually think it working but is taking a very very long time to complete the task. Not sure why. I created a new doc, accessed it with the script, and saved it as a new doc and took about 20 min and didnt even properly close. I know because I tried to open the template file and it said the system was accessing it and i could only open as read only.

UPDATE: OH MY GOD>.... a whole weekend of head bashing and all because I wasnt opening or saving the files to the website directory. NUB!

It works.... you can close thread unless people want to now help me figure out how to auto email the newly created document. Thats my next step.

[SavagePHP]

OK, I lied, its not working fully yet. I got 1 field to transfer to the template and save as a seperate file but when I try 2 fields it hangs again. Here is the code so far....

<?php 
$input = "C:/test.doc"; 
$name = $_POST['name'];
$companyname = $_POST['companyname'];

$word = @new COM("word.application") or die("Unable to instantiate Word"); 
print "Loaded Word, version {$word->Version}\n<br>"; 
$word->Visible = 1; 
print "Set Word To Visible<br>"; 
$word->Documents->Open($input); 
print "Opened $input<br>"; 

print "Editing Fields<br>"; 
$bookmarkname = 'text45';
$objBookmark = $word->ActiveDocument->Bookmarks($bookmarkname);
$range = $objBookmark->Range;

$range->Text = "$name";

[COLOR="Red"]$bookmarknamea = 'text49';
$objBookmarka = $word->ActiveDocument->Bookmarks($bookmarknamea);
$rangea = $objBookmarka->Range;

$rangea->Text = "$companyname";[/COLOR]

// Save the document. 
$new_file = "C:/$companyname.doc";
$word->Documents[1]->SaveAs($new_file);
// closing word 
$word->Quit(); 

$word = null; 

?> 

I know the code in red is where its screwed up, i dont know how to reconfigure the COM variables to make it work. I am talking to myself in this thread... someone provide input pr' pr' pretty please. This is a task given to me by my boss and a good way to impress him if I can figure it out.

[SavagePHP]

I am having trouble finding anyone who knows much about COM. Anyhow, I am def a nub and created a function to clean this up a bit.
Now the browser is just taking forever to process the request, actually, just stuck in process mode and wont complete the process.

Here is the new code:

<?php   

function Bookmark($form, $bookmark)  

{  

$objBookmark = $word->ActiveDocument->Bookmarks($bookmark);  

$range = $objBookmark->Range;  

$range->Text = $form;  

}  

$input = "C:/server/test.doc";   

$name = $_POST['name'];  

$agencyname = $_POST['agencyname'];  

$street = $_POST['street'];  

$city = $_POST['city'];  

$state = $_POST['state'];  

$zip = $_POST['zip'];  

$phone = $_POST['phone'];  

$fax = $_POST['fax'];  

$email = $_POST['email'];  

$bookmarkname = 'text67';  

$bookmarkagency = 'text45';  

$bookmarkstreet = 'text46';  

$bookmarkcity = 'Text53';  

$bookmarkstate = 'Text47';  

$bookmarkzip = 'Text48';  

$bookmarkphone = 'Text49';  

$bookmarkfax = 'Text50';  

$bookmarkemail = 'Text51';  

$word = @new COM("word.application") or die("Unable to instantiate Word");   

$word->Visible = 1;    

$word->Documents->Open($input);   

Bookmark($name, $bookmarkname);  

Bookmark($agencyname, $bookmarkagency);  

Bookmark($street, $bookmarkstreet);  

Bookmark($city, $bookmarkcity);  

Bookmark($state, $bookmarkstate);  

Bookmark($zip, $bookmarkzip);  

Bookmark($phone, $bookmarkphone);  

Bookmark($fax, $bookmarkfax);  

Bookmark($email, $bookmarkemail);  

print "Thank you for submitting your license agreement.";  

// Save the document.   

$new_file = "C:/server/$agencyname.doc";  

$word->Documents[1]->SaveAs($new_file);  

// closing word   

$word->Quit();   

$word = null;   

?> 

Please please please someone leave some feedback on this... my brain hurts.