{off-topic} What is "com_dotnet" at PHP5 ?

[Eduardo Patto Kanegae]

Hi folks,

I just finished my first PHP 5.x setup on WinXP Pro and then after run phpinfo() I had a surprise while getting a 

"com_dotnet
COM support	enabled
DCOM support	disabled
.Net support	enabled
"

at the middle of phpinfo page.

The strange fact: I didnt see anything about .NET at php.ini file.

What does it mean?

Does it mean that PHP 5.x for Windows has .NET support out-of-the-box ???

And what this extension brings up? May I use .NET components from PHP scripts, per example?

thanks in advance.

Eduardo Patto Kanegae
http://www.webmapit.com.br