Running a Python script from PHP

Question

I\'m trying to run a Python script from PHP using the following command:

exec(\'/usr/bin/python2.7 /srv/http/assets/py/switch.py arg1 arg2\');

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Answer 1

If you want to know the return status of the command and get the entire stdout output you can actually use exec:

$command = 'ls';
exec($command, $out, $status);

$out is an array of all lines. $status is the return status. Very useful for debugging.

If you also want to see the stderr output you can either play with proc_open or simply add 2>&1 to your $command. The latter is often sufficient to get things working and way faster to "implement".