[SOLVED] passing an uploaded file to a Python script

[friedemann_bach]

I need to solve a problem concerning Python and PHP.

 

An uploaded document has to be processed by a Python script. Up to now, this was done by calling the Python script directly from an upload form (<form ... action="../cgi-bin/upload.py">). This worked well.

 

Now, the page has to be transfered to a new webserver that does not allow posting directly to the Python script, as the CGI-BIN folder should not be available through a php or html form, but only on server side.

 

I tried to post the document to a PHP script that calls the Python script, e. g. by "passthru( ... /upload.py)". This works, but the uploaded document is no longer available. It seems that the post data is not passed to the Python script. Can anybody help?

 

[rhodesa]

The document should still be available. Here are the steps I would use, hopefully they will help you find your problem.

 

-Form posts to PHP script

-PHP script uses move_uploaded_file() to put the upload in a temporary location. If you want a unique filename, I would use getmypid()

-If the path to the script is a relative path, use realpath() to get the absolute path the python script

-Use a system command (passthru/system/exec) to call the python script, passing the absolute path to the temp file as an argument

-Process the file with the python script

 

[friedemann_bach]

Thanks for your help, Aaron, that lead me to the right track.