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Call Python From PHP And Get Return Code

probably a very stupid question
I have a python module lets say hi.py which have the following

print "hi"

now I want to execute this file from php

<?php

#code here
?>

So how do I call that python file from php.
Thanks

Answer 1

Use the exec function to invoke Python.

Example:

$output = array();
exec("python hi.py", $output);
var_dump( $output);

There are other commands for executing commands on the machine PHP is running on, see the docs.