There is some functionality written in python which I need to use in PHP. I need to pass parameters to python function and pass result(at least simple types: integer, float, tuple, etc.) back into php?. Can it be done?
You should use XML-RPC (remote procedure calling). It's dead-simple to setup a Python-Server for this, and in PHP, go with http://php.net/manual/de/ref.xmlrpc.php .
E.g., as example (taken from the docs)
from SimpleXMLRPCServer import SimpleXMLRPCServer
from SimpleXMLRPCServer import SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler
# Restrict to a particular path.
class RequestHandler(SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler):
rpc_paths = ('/RPC2',)
# Create server
server = SimpleXMLRPCServer(("localhost", 8000),
requestHandler=RequestHandler)
server.register_introspection_functions()
# Register pow() function; this will use the value of
# pow.__name__ as the name, which is just 'pow'.
server.register_function(pow)
# Register a function under a different name
def adder_function(x,y):
return x + y
server.register_function(adder_function, 'add')
# Register an instance; all the methods of the instance are
# published as XML-RPC methods (in this case, just 'div').
class MyFuncs:
def div(self, x, y):
return x // y
server.register_instance(MyFuncs())
# Run the server's main loop
server.serve_forever()
sets up a fully working XML-RPC-server.
Then every method of MyFuncs is available for use from any programming language that supports XML-RPC, including PHP.
you can run any external script from php using exec
or
Create a web service to access. This would be the best method.