Running a Python script from PHP

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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");

However, PHP simply doesn"t produce any output. Error reporting is set to E_ALL and display_errors is on.

Here"s what I"ve tried:

• I used python2, /usr/bin/python2 and python2.7 instead of /usr/bin/python2.7
• I also used a relative path instead of an absolute path which didn"t change anything either.
• I tried using the commands exec, shell_exec, system.

However, if I run

if (exec("echo TEST") == "TEST")
{
    echo "exec works!";
}

it works perfectly fine while shutdown now doesn"t do anything.

PHP has the permissions to access and execute the file.

EDIT: Thanks to Alejandro, I was able to fix the problem. If you have the same problem, don"t forget that your webserver probably/hopefully doesn"t run as root. Try logging in as your webserver"s user or a user with similar permissions and try to run the commands yourself.

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Running a Python script from PHP absolute: Questions

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How to get an absolute file path in Python

3 answers

By izb

Given a path such as "mydir/myfile.txt", how do I find the file"s absolute path relative to the current working directory in Python? E.g. on Windows, I might end up with:

"C:/example/cwd/mydir/myfile.txt"

>>> import os
>>> os.path.abspath("mydir/myfile.txt")
"C:/example/cwd/mydir/myfile.txt"

>>> import os
>>> os.path.abspath("C:/example/cwd/mydir/myfile.txt")
"C:/example/cwd/mydir/myfile.txt"

Running a Python script from PHP absolute: Questions

os.path.isabs(my_path)

Running a Python script from PHP absolute: Questions

url1 = "http://127.0.0.1/test1/test2/test3/test5.xml"
url2 = "../../test4/test6.xml"

>>> import urlparse
>>> urlparse.urljoin(url1, url2)
"http://127.0.0.1/test1/test4/test6.xml"

>>> import urllib.parse
>>> urllib.parse.urljoin(url1, url2)
"http://127.0.0.1/test1/test4/test6.xml"

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