Execute Python script from Php

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ChubbyChocolate picture ChubbyChocolate · Aug 4, 2015 · Viewed 48.1k times · Source

I have a PHP webpage on my raspberry pi with 2 buttons (on and off) The on button button redirects to On.php The off button redirects to Off.php In "/usr/lib/cgi-bin" I have a python script that I would like to execute (script.py) I can perfectly execute it from the terminal by typing

cd /usr/lib/cgi-bin
sudo python script.py

It works if I do it from the terminal.

The problem is the PHP file (On.php) in my "/var/www" folder. This is what I wrote:

<?php
exec('cd /usr/lib/cgi-bin');
exec('sudo python script.py');
?>

Why is the script executing from the terminal, but not from my PHP?

Answer

Vincent Decaux picture Vincent Decaux · Aug 4, 2015

You can't use sudo from a PHP script. Apache is running from an user (www-data generaly), so edit this file : /etc/sudoers

Then add this line : 

www-data ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL

Care ! this will authorize all functions to be called by a PHP script, you can adapt changing "ALL" by your script or Python command.

Then precise your user in your exec command :

<?php
exec('sudo -u www-data python /usr/lib/cgi-bin/script.py')

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