Question

I have to execute a Python script; problem is I have never used it before

import urlib

import urlib2

data={'username':'xyz', 'secret':'12312'}

encoded_data = urllib.urlencode(data)

open_url= urllib2.url

open('www.abc.com/api/',encoded_data)

print open_url.read()

Now I want to use this script in my PHP function, so my question is this

How to start this Python script, do I have to import some thing i.e. libraries etc

I want to run this in my PHP function(I am using codeigniter)

Answer 1

I personally think, if that’s the contents of your Python script, that you should just replace your call out to the Python script with a native PHP call to curl.

Here is a basic example: http://www.php.net/manual/en/curl.examples-basic.php

<?php

    $ch = curl_init("http://www.example.com/");
    $fp = fopen("example_homepage.txt", "w");

    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FILE, $fp);
    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);

    curl_exec($ch);
    curl_close($ch);
    fclose($fp);
?>