How to start file in PHP?

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How do I execute a Python file from PHP?

I have a Python parser in my project that will get video source from another site. I plan to do so by

At 2., how do I start the python script?

What do you mean by "make connection with Python and PHP without text files"? — ChrisGPT was on strike, Nov 15 '20 at 18:24
@Chris I think connecting from text files from script to script is not very good decision, so maybe there is a library for this or something like that... — Vadim Melnikov, Nov 15 '20 at 18:29
[symfony/process](https://symfony.com/doc/current/components/process.html) is a nice library in addition to `proc_open` or `shell_exec` as @bendem suggested — apokryfos, Nov 15 '20 at 18:43
@voters at worse this question is a duplicate of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19735250/running-a-python-script-from-php but it is not unclear, no. — Félix Adriyel Gagnon-Grenier, Nov 15 '20 at 22:59

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 15 '20 at 18:36

You can take a look at proc_open and shell_exec.

proc_open will allow you to run other code while waiting for the command to finish.

shell_exec will run the command and return the output after the command has finished.

As always, the php documentation has nice examples, I trust you'll find what you seek for.

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