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Captain Jack Sparrow
Captain Jack Sparrow

Reputation: 1099

Configure apache server to run Python in special tags (like PHP)

Is it possible to configure an Apache webserver to use execute Python in the same way as PHP? Meaning, you could execute python code in a <?python3 ?> tag just like you can execute PHP in <?php ?> tags. I am not asking about WSGI or CGI.
Here's an example of what it would look like in Python3:
magic_number.py:

<?python3
import math
number = math.sqrt(42)
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Magic number</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>The magic number is <?python3 print(number)?></h1>
</body>
</html>

The same code in PHP would look like this:
magicNumber.py:

<?php
$number = sqrt(42);
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Magic number</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>The magic number is <?php echo $number; ?></h1>
</body>
</html>

If this is possible, how could I configure it to work in Apache?
Any help is appreciated!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 155

Answers (2)

Thomas Tempelmann
Thomas Tempelmann

Reputation: 12043

You could use Castalian, which uses a cgi handler for it, letting you embed python code inside <?cas … ?>.

Sadly, it is made for use with python2 and I can't find an update that works with python3. If someone knows, please edit or comment.

Another way might be PSP, see this answer.

Upvotes: 1

GensaGames
GensaGames

Reputation: 5788

You can create behavior you want, but I'm not sure it's a perfect way to solve end task you are trying to do.

  1. The way what would render your php script. It will be your entry point. I think it's Web page itself, which mean that you need to call shell. For ex.
<?php
$output = shell_exec("python embedded.py");
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
....
  1. Now above will execute file, which is not exist yet. To create it, you would need to call php to create file from string. Below complete snippet.
<?php
// Create file with Python source
$embedded = <<<EOF
import math
number = math.sqrt(42)
EOF;

// Save file somewhere
file_put_contents("embedded.py", $embedded);

// Execute shell on Server side
$output = shell_exec("python embedded.py");

?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
....

Upvotes: 1

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