sh: 1: python: not found when execute python script from php

Question

I'm tring to execute a python script call from php with the command below:

$output = shell_exec('python /var/www/html/sna/server/userManagement.py '. $user.' '. $pass .' \''.$action.'\' 2>&1');

But when I execute it I get this

sh: 1: python: not found 

But python is correctly installed in my env.

If I digit

type -a python 

I get the path of python in this env like below (not sure because they are two)

python is /home/leonardo/miniconda2/bin/python
python is /home/leonardo/miniconda2/envs/sna/bin/python

At the very beginning of the python script I have include

#! /usr/bin/env python

But I recieve always the same error. How can I solve ?

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EDIT

I tried to add python path to the $PATH with command

export $PATH:/home/leonardo/miniconda2/envs/sna/bin/python

But I get the same error anywhay

Answer 1

Your binary is not in the PATH for the webservers user account.

PHP inherits the PATH from Apache. And most distros set a fairly restrained:

SetEnv PATH /bin:/usr/bin

Either change that, or putenv() in PHP, or use absolute paths instead.