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theGame
theGame

Reputation: 393

Running Python in php function possible?

I have to execute a Python script; problem is I have never used it before 

import urlib

import urlib2

data={'username':'xyz', 'secret':'12312'}

encoded_data = urllib.urlencode(data)

open_url= urllib2.url

open('www.abc.com/api/',encoded_data)

print open_url.read()

Now I want to use this script in my PHP function, so my question is this

How to start this Python script, do I have to import some thing i.e. libraries etc

I want to run this in my PHP function(I am using codeigniter)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1601

Answers (2)

Jordan
Jordan

Reputation: 32542

I personally think, if that's the contents of your Python script, that you should just replace your call out to the Python script with a native PHP call to curl.

Here is a basic example: http://www.php.net/manual/en/curl.examples-basic.php

<?php

    $ch = curl_init("http://www.example.com/");
    $fp = fopen("example_homepage.txt", "w");

    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FILE, $fp);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);

    curl_exec($ch);
    curl_close($ch);
    fclose($fp);
?>

Upvotes: 2

K Mehta
K Mehta

Reputation: 10553

Assuming this is being done on a linux machine...

First, in your terminal, run:

chmod +x my_python_script.py

This will give execute permissions to the current user for the python script.

Then, add this as the first line of your python script ("/usr/bin/python" is where the python executable is located by default; you may have to change this):

#!/usr/bin/python

This will determine which program is to be used to execute your script.

Finally, here's your php code:

<?php
  $output = shell_exec('my_python_script.py');
  echo "<pre>$output</pre>";
?>

This just executes the python script as a shell command.

Upvotes: 1

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