how to read a php array from php file in python

Question

lets say we want to make a python config reader from php.

config.php

$arr = array(
    'a config',
    'b config',
    'c config => 'with values'
)

$arr2 = array(
    'a config',
    'b config',
    'c config => 'with values'
)

readconfig.py

f = open('config.php', 'r')
// somehow get the array then turns it into pythons arr1 and arr2

print arr1
# arr1 = {'a config', 'b config', 'c config': 'with values'}

print arr2
# arr2 = {'a config', 'b config', 'c config': 'with values'}

is this possible in python ?

If you write a parser for the PHP array syntax then it is possible. I'd highly suggest you to use a portable format such as YAML or even a file with plain key=value lines. — ThiefMaster
– ThiefMaster, Commented Sep 3, 2011 at 0:27

Eugene Leonovich · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-08 13:04:14Z

9

from subprocess import check_output
import json

config = check_output(['php', '-r', 'echo json_encode(include "config.php");'])
config = json.loads(config)

where config.php returns an array:

return [
    'param1' => 'value1',
    'param2' => 'value2',
];

answered Jul 8, 2014 at 13:04

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Mikko Ohtamaa · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-03 00:29:02Z

1

Parse config usin PHP script
Save config vars to a file using JSON
Execute parser from Pytson using os.system()
Read JSON file in Python

answered Sep 3, 2011 at 0:29

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Adam Ramadhan Over a year ago

i still don`t get the 2. and 3. can you explain it more ? thanks!

jksinton · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-12 01:01:40Z

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As a variation of Eugenes:

In my situation the php file only set variables, it did not return an array.

Thus, I had to perform the include before the json_encode; then, encode particular variables. This was for reading version.php for ownCloud. See https://github.com/owncloud/core

E.g.

vFileName=configDict['ocDir']+'/version.php'
cmd=['/usr/bin/php','-r','include "'+vFileName+'"; echo json_encode(array($OC_Version,$OC_VersionString));']
ocVersion, ocVersionString=json.loads(subprocess.check_output(cmd))

edited Sep 12, 2015 at 1:01

answered Sep 11, 2015 at 17:25

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