Call a python script from a PHP script

Question

I have written a python script (mail.py) to send email in python, and I have written another file to submit action. I need that the file mail.py should run in background. when I am writing the follwing code

$result=shell_exec('python mail.py&');
 echo $result;

then there is no response but when i am running the file python mail.py & then it is running successfully

Answer 1

You must set full path to python's interpreter like:

 shell_exec('/usr/bin/python mail.py &');

• Rohitashv Singhal: how can i check that this command is running in background or not. because still it is not sending any mail but sending using command line
• Vlad Balmos: @lord_linus you can't using shell_exec. other methods include interprocess communication with mail.py, checking pid of mail.py, or make mail.py write a log and the read that log with php
• Rohitashv Singhal: hey now mail is being sent but I am getting one problem that I am doing two task: one is to submit the form and display some data and another is to send a mail in background. but when i am clicking to submit the form then it is waiting for sending the mail. but i need that the data should be displayed first and it should not wait for send mail
• Rohitashv Singhal: @VladBalmos whats the problem in sheel_exec()
• Vlad Balmos: shell_exec returns only the output of the command after it has executed. You are executing the ptyhon script in background, thus shell_exec returns imediatly without providing any output. So you can't know for sure if execution was successful or not