Can I Call Python Script Or Function From Php

I have the php page which lists the backups with filename and username. the backups are done with python script but for web interface I used php. Now I want to put the facility on

Solution 1:

Yes you can call exec("python pythonscript.py someparams"); or if you need to save the output to a variable use this code

exec("python mypythonscript.py someparams",$output);
var_dump($output);

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Solution 2:

You can call the shell from PHP:

• shell_exec()
• exec()
• backticks

and there are more.