Crystal Reports from PHP using COM

Question

I have tried copying various snippets of PHP code to render a Crystal Report in PDF which I can then stream to the browser, but I never get past the creation of the CrystalRunTime.Application.  (Earlier examples had CrystalDesignRunTime.Application instead; they did not work either).  Any suggestions what is wrong here?
$ObjectFactory= new COM("CrystalReports12.ObjectFactory.1") or die ("Error on load");
echo "<p>ObjectFactory created.<p>About to create CrystalRunTime.Application...";
try {
     $crapp = $ObjectFactory-> CreateObject("CrystalRunTime.Application");
} catch (com_exception $e) {
     echo("Error on instance creation:<br>".$e->getMessage().'<p>'.$e->getTraceAsString());
     echo "<p>".$e;
     exit;
Here is the output:
ObjectFactory created.
About to create CrystalRunTime.Application...Error on instance creation:
Source: Unknown
Description: Unknown
#0 C:\xampp\htdocs\tempo\comtest.php(11): com->CreateObject('CrystalRunTime....') #1
exception 'com_exception' with message 'Source: Unknown
Description: Unknown' in C:\xampp\htdocs\tempo\comtest.php:11 Stack trace: #0 C:\xampp\htdocs\tempo\comtest.php(11): com->CreateObject('CrystalRunTime....') #1

Answer 1

$ObjectFactory= New COM("CrystalReports11.ObjectFactory.1");
               //------ Create a instance of library Application -------
               try
                    $CRobj = $ObjectFactory->CreateObject("CrystalRunTime.Application.11");
               catch (com_exception $e)
                    echo("<br>Error on instance creation:<br>".$e->getMessage().'<p>'.$e->getTraceAsString().'</p>');
                    echo "<p><pre>".print_r($e, true)."</pre></p>";
                    exit;
Source: Unknown
Description: Unknown
#0 C:\xampp\htdocs\analytics\generate_cr.php(103): com->CreateObject('CrystalRunTime....') #1 {main}
com_exception Object
    [message:protected] => Source: Unknown
Description: Unknown
    [string:Exception:private] =>
    [code:protected] => -2147352567
    [file:protected] => C:\xampp\htdocs\analytics\generate_cr.php
    [line:protected] => 103
    [trace:Exception:private] => Array
            [0] => Array
                    [file] => C:\xampp\htdocs\analytics\generate_cr.php
                    [line] => 103
                    [function] => CreateObject
                    [class] => com
                    [type] => ->
                    [args] => Array
                            [0] => CrystalRunTime.Application.11
    [previous:Exception:private] =>
Edited by: EddieM on Dec 9, 2009 9:34 PM