Running Python scripts with Xampp

Question

I\'m using python 2.7.13
At first the browser was showing the raw code.

what I did:

Edited httpd.conf

AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl .as         


        

Answer 1

Bad File descriptor means that a file is corrupt and it says it can not run the script so you probably have python incorrectly set up.

Answer 2

1. Download python from here (https://www.python.org/downloads/) and install it
2. Open XAMPP control panel, click on config and go to httpd.conf file >> search for addhandler and add “.py” [without quotation ] just like in the screenshot (if it’s not added) httpd.conf file
3. Restart the apache server

To run a python script: Open any text editor and put this code

#!C:/Users/"Username"/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python37-32/python.exe
print("content-type: text/html\n\n" )
print("<br><B>hello python</B>")

In the first line, you have to type the location of the python.exe file after putting a shebang (#!) “username” — username of your PC This will differ from one user to another. You can find the python location from environment variables (see the screenshot below)

py environment variables

• Then put the script in xampp>> htdocs folder
• Open your browser and type localhost/”filename”.py (http://localhost/filename.py) [ “filename”= script name] You’ll see this output

output

Answer 3

Run Python in xampp for windows:

STEP-1:[Download Python]

Download & install the latest version of python from www.python.org Download Python & click on the windows installer of any version [ex. python-3.6.2]

STEP 2: [Install Python] Install in any directory of your harddrive [ex. D:\python-3.6.2]

STEP 3: [Configure Python] The XAMPP GUI can quickly access the httpd.conf file like so:

Otherwise open the directory where xammp was installed Go to apache >> conf e.g.) D:\xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf. You'll see a file named httpd.conf. Open it in any text editor & put the below codes in the end of that file:

AddHandler cgi-script .py
ScriptInterpreterSource Registry-Strict

STEP 4:[optional]

In same file search for <IfModule dir_module>. When you've found it put index.py in the end It will look something like this

<IfModule dir_module>
    DirectoryIndex index.php index.pl index.cgi index.asp index.shtml index.html index.htm \
    default.php default.pl default.cgi default.asp default.shtml default.html default.htm \
    home.php home.pl home.cgi home.asp home.shtml home.html home.htm index.py
</IfModule>

STEP 5:[restart apache/xampp]

That's all for editing, now restart apache from your xampp control panel

STEP 6:[Run Python from xammp]

Open a text editor & test python now on xammp htdoc directory [ex. D:\xampp\htdocs\PythonProject]. But wait at the beginning of your script you need to specify the path where you've installed python. In my case its D:/python-3.6.2/python.exe .In your case it may be different, depending up on the version you've installed python & the directory of your hard drive python Code .

    #!D:/python-3.6.2/python.exe
    print("Content-Type: text/html\n")
    print ("Hello Python Web Browser!! This is cool!!")

or

    #!C:/Users/YOUR_WINDOWS_PROFILE/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python37-32/python.exe
    print("Content-Type: text/html")
    print()
    print ("""
    <TITLE>CGI script ! Python</TITLE>
    <H1>This is my first CGI script</H1>
    """)

Save the file as test.py in htdocs & open http://localhost/PythonProject\test.py .If everything goes well, You'll see the text "Hello Python Web Browser!! This is cool!!"

Answer 4

Im running ubuntu 16.04 so my answer might be a little different. I am using a google chrome browser with a python 3 file called test.py in /opt/lampp/htdocs/PythonProject:

#test.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
print('Content-type: text/html\r\n\r')
print("<p>hello world!</p>")
print("I can view this in my browser yay!!")

I edited my httpd.conf file in /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf and I did not add

AddHandler cgi-script .py
ScriptInterpreterSource Registry-Strict

to the end of the file, instead I added .py to the end of the existing line

AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl

finally i made the file executable by chmod +x /opt/lampp/htdocs/PythonProject/test.py and then I just ran it through my browser:

http://localhost/PythonProject/test.py

OUTPUT:

hello world!

I can view this in my browser yay!!