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How do I make python (local) run php script on a remote server?

I don't want to process its output with python script or anything, just execute it and meanwhile quit python (while php script will be already working and doing its job).

edit: What I'm trying to achieve:

  • python script connects to ftp server and uploads php script (I already have this part of code)
  • it runs php script (that's part of code i'm asking about)
  • python script continues to do something else
  • python script quits (but probably php script still didn't finished its work so i don't want it to end when it'll exit python)
  • python script quit, php script still continues its task

(I don't plan to do anything with php output in python - python just has to upload php script and make it start working)

Hope I'm more clear now. Sorry if my question wasn't specific enough.

another edit: Also please note that I don't have shell access on remote server. I have only ftp and control panel (cpanel); trying to use ftp for it.

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  • i don't want to include it and use its output, i want to do equivalent of what happens when user enters php script's address in browser Commented Jul 9, 2009 at 14:21
  • @Phil, please update your question to explain this more fully. The comment makes almost no sense. Python isn't a browser and won't render the HTML the way a browser would. Please provide some more detailed explanation of what you want to happen. Commented Jul 9, 2009 at 14:32
  • ok, i edited it. i don't want to render anything. i'm not sure if i'm approaching problem correctly, but i wrote list of what i want to happen - if i can achieve it differently feel free to comment. Commented Jul 9, 2009 at 14:47
  • @Phil: "it runs php script (that's part of code i'm asking about)" Do you want Python on your local box run some script a remote server? Is that what you're asking? Commented Jul 9, 2009 at 14:52
  • yes, exactly (hmmmmmmmmmm 15 characters) Commented Jul 9, 2009 at 14:56

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os.system("php yourscript.php")

Another alternative would be:

# will return new process' id
os.spawnl(os.P_NOWAIT, "php yourscript.php")

You can check all os module documentation here.

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ok, will this kill my php script if i'll quit python while php script is still running?
Why do I need to type 15 characters when the correct answer is "yes"? :-) So: Yes, it will.
ok... see my question edit - i'm searching for something that will let php script continue its task even if python will already finish
is it possible to send value from python file to php file
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If python is on a different physical machine than the PHP script, I'd make sure the PHP script is web-accessible and use urllib2 to call to that url

import urllib2

urllib2.urlopen("http://remotehost.com/myscript.php")
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Finally something useful! Will have to check if it works, but if it works it's exactly what I want to do. Thank you.
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I'll paraphrase the answer to How do I include a PHP script in Python?.

import subprocess

def php(script_path):
    p = subprocess.Popen(['php', script_path] )
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Thanks. Sorry for noob question, but since it's on remote server how do I specify path? Can it be url? Also, will php script continue working even if python will quit?

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