Running Python scripts with Xampp

Question

I'm using python 2.7.13
At first the browser was showing the raw code.

what I did:

Edited httpd.conf

AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl .asp .py  

At the top of all my scripts I added this:

#!j:/Installeds/Python/python   
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"

Now it's giving me Internal Server Error (500) and I have no idea what else to try... First time with python.

Obs: I think this may help> Apache>Error.log

[cgi:error] [pid 6364:tid 1620] (9)Bad file descriptor: [client ::1:51083] AH01222: don't know how to spawn child process: C:/Files and Installs/Xampp/htdocs/Test/main.py
AH02102: C:/Files and Installs/Xampp/htdocs/Test/main.py is not executable; ensure interpreted scripts have "#!" or "'!" first line

Answer 1

Run Python in XAMPP for Windows

Step 1: Download and Install Python

Download and install the latest version of Python from https://www.python.org/downloads.

Step 2: Configure XAMPP for Python

Open the Apache httpd.conf configuration file located at .../xampp/apache/conf/httpd.conf using a text editor of your choice.

The XAMPP GUI can also quickly access the httpd.conf file:

Copy and paste the following code at the end of the file:

AddHandler cgi-script .py
ScriptInterpreterSource Registry-Strict

Step 2.5: Add Python extension to default page locations (Optional)

Inside the httpd.conf file search for <IfModule dir_module> to add index.py among others to the list of default page locations.

<IfModule dir_module>
    DirectoryIndex index.php index.pl index.cgi index.asp index.shtml index.html index.htm index.py \
    default.php default.pl default.cgi default.asp default.shtml default.html default.htm default.py \
    home.php home.pl home.cgi home.asp home.shtml home.html home.htm home.py
</IfModule>

Step 3: Restart Apache / XAMPP

If Apache was running while editing, now is the time to restart it.

Step 4: Run Python from XAMPP

Create a folder and Python file in the XAMPP htdocs directory; e.g. .../xampp/htdocs/PythonProject/test.py.

At the beginning of your script, you first need to specify the directory of your Python executable. The default location of Python 3.10.0 is C:/Users/<YOUR_WINDOWS_PROFILE>/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python310/python.exe, but in your case, it may be different, depending on the version and directory in which you've installed Python.

#! C:/Users/<YOUR_WINDOWS_PROFILE>/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python310/python.exe

After that, you can create your Python script.

#! C:/Users/<YOUR_WINDOWS_PROFILE>/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python310/python.exe

print("Content-Type: text/html\n")
print("Hello, World!")

Save the file and open localhost/PythonProject/test.py in your web browser. Your Python script should be running.

Answer 2

Im running ubuntu 16.04 so my answer might be a little different. I am using a google chrome browser with a python 3 file called test.py in /opt/lampp/htdocs/PythonProject:

#test.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
print('Content-type: text/html\r\n\r')
print("<p>hello world!</p>")
print("I can view this in my browser yay!!")

I edited my httpd.conf file in /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf and I did not add

AddHandler cgi-script .py
ScriptInterpreterSource Registry-Strict

to the end of the file, instead I added .py to the end of the existing line

AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl

finally i made the file executable by chmod +x /opt/lampp/htdocs/PythonProject/test.py and then I just ran it through my browser:

http://localhost/PythonProject/test.py

OUTPUT:

hello world!

I can view this in my browser yay!!

Answer 3

1. Download python from here (https://www.python.org/downloads/) and install it
2. Open XAMPP control panel, click on config and go to httpd.conf file >> search for addhandler and add “.py” [without quotation ] just like in the screenshot (if it’s not added) httpd.conf file
3. Restart the apache server

To run a python script: Open any text editor and put this code

#!C:/Users/"Username"/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python37-32/python.exe
print("content-type: text/html\n\n" )
print("<br><B>hello python</B>")

In the first line, you have to type the location of the python.exe file after putting a shebang (#!) “username” — username of your PC This will differ from one user to another. You can find the python location from environment variables (see the screenshot below)

py environment variables

• Then put the script in xampp>> htdocs folder
• Open your browser and type localhost/”filename”.py (http://localhost/filename.py) [ “filename”= script name] You’ll see this output

output