I’m trying to call a Python script in a PHP file and pass a variable value from that script after pressing the submit button. I have it:
index.php
<html>
<body>
<form method="post">
<input type="submit">
</form>
<?php
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
putenv("HOME=/");
exec('python test.py');
echo $x;
}
?>
</body>
</html>
test.py
x = 'ass'
Both files are in the same folder. Why is it not working? I’d like to do this without Flask / Django.
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Answer
You can’t declare a variable in Python and use it directly in PHP after execution. Try to output your variable in Python:
x = 'test' print(x)
Now you can get the result of your script by the return value of the exec function:
$x = exec('python test.py');
echo $x;