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<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">com_load</span> — <span class="dc-title">Creates a new reference to a COM component [deprecated]</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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Deprecated, use the OO syntax instead.
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<p><strong>Example #1 OO syntax</strong></p>
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// do this<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$obj </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">COM</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$module</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// instead of this:<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$obj </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">com_load</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$module</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
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This function does not exist in PHP 5; instead, you should use the regular
and more natural OO syntax to access properties or call methods.
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