<?php
class Skype {

 var $terminated = false;
 var $attached = false;
 public $skype;

 function connect() {
$skype = new COM("SkypeAPI.Access");
try {
   $skype->Connect();
} catch (Exception $com_exception) {
   print "Exception calling skype.connect - <$com_exception>n";
}
sleep(5);
print "called connectn";
 }

 function APIStatusChanged($status) {
   print "inside APIStatusChangedn";
   print ">Attachment Status: $skype->Convert->AttachmentStatusToText($status)n";
   $attached = true;
 }

 function CallStatus($call, $status) {
  echo ">Call Status: $statusn";
 }

 function Command($command) {
   print "nCommand sent: $commandn";

 }

 function Quit() {
   print "QUIT!";
   $terminated = true;
 }

}

// Create skype object
$skype = new COM("SkypeAPI.Access");
$sink = new Skype();
com_event_sink($skype, $sink, "Skype");

$sink->connect();
com_message_pump(1000);
if ($skype->APIAttachmentStatus == 0) {
 print "attached using APIAttachmentStatusn";
 //$user = $skype->SearchForUser("user name");
 com_message_pump(1000);
 print "onlinestatus = $skype->FullName()";
 $userhandle = $user->Handle($user);
} else {
 $convert = $skype->convert;
 print "cannot connect reason code = <$convert->SkypeAPIAttachmentStatusAsText($skype->APIAttachmentStatus)>";
}


output and error:
C:php>php testskype1.php
called connect
attached using APIAttachmentStatus
PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught exception 'com_exception' with message 'Unable to lookup `FullName': Unkn
own name.
' in c:Program FilesApache GroupApache2htdocstestskype1.php:52
Stack trace:
#0 c:Program FilesApache GroupApache2htdocstestskype1.php(52): unknown()
#1 {main}
 thrown in c:Program FilesApache GroupApache2htdocstestskype1.php on line 52

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