Execute php code in Python

Question

For some reason, I have to run a php script to get an image from Python. Because the php script is very big and it is not mine, it will takes me days to find out the right algorithm used and translate it into python.

I am wonder if there is any way to run php script, with few parameters, which returns a image, in python.

Answer 1

Example code:

import subprocess  # if the script don't need output. subprocess.call("php /path/to/your/script.php")  # if you want output proc = subprocess.Popen("php /path/to/your/script.php", shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE) script_response = proc.stdout.read() 

Answer 2

You can simply execute the php executable from Python.

Edit: example for Python 3.5 and higher using subprocess.run:

import subprocess  result = subprocess.run(     ['php', 'image.php'],    # program and arguments     stdout=subprocess.PIPE,  # capture stdout     check=True               # raise exception if program fails ) print(result.stdout)         # result.stdout contains a byte-string