I have a rather large API written in PHP that I’ve worked on for years. Some of the functionality needs to be upgraded to the extent where I should really just rewrite the classes. Since I need to scrap the old code anyway, I was thinking perhaps I could replace the old functionality with Python code.
I came across PiP while searching for answers, and it seems like an exellent solution (Since I can actually create Python class instances in PHP and call their methods etc.) but it seems it was abandoned in the Alpha stages for reasons unknown to me.
I suppose the simplest solution would be a CLI one, meaning I could run a python instance from PHP and collect the results. I don’t particularly like this solution though, considering the amount of Python code I’d have to write just to handle input from PHP and respond accordingly. Plus it’s not very reusable.
I don’t know if this is a normal problem, Google certainly don’t seem to think so, but what would be the best way of complementing a PHP code library with Python code?
After some time researching this, I’ve concluded that there is no worthwhile way of building on a PHP library with Python code. The PiP project was the closest thing I could find but it has been abandoned.
My solution has been to declare a 2.0. Every new function I add I write in Python. I translate some code from PHP to Python when necessary. It’s working great so far!