how to read a php array from php file in python

Question

lets say we want to make a python config reader from php.

config.php

$arr = array(
    'a config',
    'b config',
    'c config => 'with values'
)

$arr2 = array(
    'a config',
    'b config',
    'c config => 'with values'
)

readconfig.py

f = open('config.php', 'r')
// somehow get the array then turns it into pythons arr1 and arr2

print arr1
# arr1 = {'a config', 'b config', 'c config': 'with values'}

print arr2
# arr2 = {'a config', 'b config', 'c config': 'with values'}

is this possible in python ?

Answer 1

from subprocess import check_output
import json

config = check_output(['php', '-r', 'echo json_encode(include "config.php");'])
config = json.loads(config)

where config.php returns an array:

return [
    'param1' => 'value1',
    'param2' => 'value2',
];