call python from php [duplicate]

Answer 1

you can call php exec function and call

python -c "print 'hi'"

or if you have larger module you can use

-m mod : run library module as a script (terminates option list)

so in the end I'd use

exec("python -m hi");

1. and don't forget to configure PYTHON_PATH on your server if needed
2. be careful doing this kind of stuff

Answer 2

Use the exec function to invoke Python.

Example:

$output = array();
exec("python hi.py", $output);
var_dump( $output);

There are other commands for executing commands on the machine PHP is running on, see the docs.