Is it possible to use flask render_template to a php script

Question

I have a python flask application, but I have some old php scripts that I would want to reuse.

I am trying to parse some data from my flask application. When accessing it, company login password is needed, so "curl" in php wouldn't really work. So I am thinking of parsing the data to the php scripts through render_template.

Is it possible to do something like this :

data= <some data>  
@app.route('/test')
def test():
   return render_template('my_php_scripts.php',input_data=data)

While in my php script, I do:

<?php
   $DataString=**{{input_data}}**
?>

If not, what would be a good way to do it?

Researched a bit on my own, It doesn't seem to be possible. Since using flask render_template, it wouldn't be using the php interpreter. So how do people translate old php scripts into python environment? Do they simply rewrite everything? Or is there a way to easily convert them? — Charles Tang
– Charles Tang, Commented Feb 10, 2017 at 19:12

wogsland · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-10 19:29:59Z

2

So if you want process the php in python, you'll need to do something like

data = "Charles"
from subprocess import call
call(["php", "my_php_scripts.php", data])

where your php script looks something like

<?php
$DataString = $argv[1];
echo "Eat nachoes, $DataString!\r\n";

presuming the data is something fairly simple, or maybe you can convert it into a JSON if it's a more complex object and transfer it in that way.

answered Feb 10, 2017 at 19:29

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