How I can execute python virtual environment files with php shell execute?

Question

I have tried to run the Github: https://github.com/atbaker/wikipedia-question-generator

I have created the virtual environment using the following instruction: https://github.com/atbaker/wikipedia-question-generator#installing-with-python-34

$ pyvenv venv
$ source venv/bin/activate
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ python -m textblob.download_corpora

Install the command line tool so you can use the tool easily:

$ pip install -e folder_name

Now the environment is completed. My code ran properly on the commandline using the following:

wikitrivia 'tony'

Now I have tried to use it using php shell script as follows:

<? php
$out = shell_exec('wikitrivia "tony" ');
echo $out;
?>

But there is nothing on the output screen. I tried to run the command php -v and have shown the version. But the command wikitrivia "tony" is not working. I am using AWS Ubuntu environment.

My php version is 7 and the python version is 3.5

Hope this helps. Kindly, let me know what I can do?

Answer 1

I did it recently as a cron task. You need to execute script from working dir with interpreter from venv. Somethin like that:

<? php
$out = shell_exec('cd FULL_YOUR_PYTON_WORKING_DIR && YOUR_VENV/bin/python FULL_PATH_TO_YOUR_SCRIPT.py "tony"');
echo $out;
?>