Issues executing python script from HTML button using PHP

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I cannot get a button on my webpage to execute a python3 script that is also inside the same folder in the server as the rest of the html and php files.

exec();
system();
escapeshellcmd();
shell_exec()

all of these commands are not working for me right now. I have chmod +x my .py file and included #!/usr/bin/env python3 at the very beginning of my python file.

<?php
if( isset($_POST['runScript'])){

$command = escapeshellcmd('/nfs/nfs7/home/team51/cgi- 
pub/dataProcess.py');
$output = shell_exec($command);
echo $output;

}
?>

<form method="post">
<input type="submit" name="runScript" value="runScript">
</form>

In the end the python script should place a csv file in the same folder as the rest of the files. But I am getting nothing.

Some functions just print back "Array()"

SachinPatil4991 · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-30 07:39:45Z

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You are running pythin script from apache user. Python path may not be accessible by apache user

Use full python installation path to execute script.

exec("/usr/bin/python /nfs/nfs7/home/team51/cgi- 
pub/dataProcess.py");

To find out exact error check apache error log. If error logs give permission denied , it means apache is not having permission to execute script. You can get access from sudoers file.

answered Mar 30, 2019 at 7:39

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Youssef mahmoed · Accepted Answer · 2019-03-30 06:05:42Z

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Try Make a sh file to execute the python script and use PHP to execute this sh file

answered Mar 30, 2019 at 6:05

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