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Sean Davis
sdavis2 at mail.nih.gov
Thu Oct 16 12:35:00 EDT 2008
2008/10/16 Leeron Shalev <leeron at devunity.com>: > The execution will probably be frequent, and figuring I'll have the same > problem with exec() as with CGI was exactly what made me post > this question to the list. > The thing is, I'm wondering will using mod_pythin do much of a difference if > most of the operation is not at all web oriented. mod_python does not require the python interpreter to start on every script invocation--that is the main performance difference between it and CGI or exec(). That said, there are a number of other alternatives besides mod_python if you do not need to interact with apache. You could set up a simple XMLRPC server (or any other daemon process) or use mod_wsgi as a couple of examples. Sean > On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 5:27 PM, Clodoaldo Pinto Neto > <clodoaldo.pinto.neto at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> 2008/10/16 Leeron Shalev <leeron at devunity.com>: >> > I'm currently working on something else, and just pondering the >> > python-to-php issue, so yes, please do get back to me later with the >> > rest of >> > the details. >> > The thing is, I'm sure it will work - I'm just asking if anybody has a >> > word >> > of wisdom on which of the approaches will work best. >> >> If the script will be executed frequently then the exec() will have >> the same performance problem that CGI has, that is, the interpreter >> will be loaded and discarded at each call. If it is not frequent then >> i guess there wouldn't be much difference. >> >> Regards, Clodoaldo >> >> > >> > On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 5:05 PM, Clodoaldo Pinto Neto >> > <clodoaldo.pinto.neto at gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> 2008/10/16 Leeron Shalev <leeron at devunity.com>: >> >> > Hello list :) >> >> > I love python, and have some experience using mod_python. >> >> > The thing is I have a web site that is based heavily upon PHP. >> >> > I have a specific task (Involving file manipulation and some >> >> > libraries >> >> > that >> >> > are implemented better in python than in PHP) that I'm planing on >> >> > using >> >> > a >> >> > python script for. >> >> > At start I thought I'll use mod_python for it, but the integration >> >> > with >> >> > the >> >> > DB and PHP objects soon became to much of a pain in the ass. >> >> > So the the two main options I'm now considering are: >> >> > 1. Using PHP for everything else and calling the python script using >> >> > PHP's >> >> > exec() function. >> >> > 2. Using PHP for everything else and calling the python script via >> >> > apache >> >> > and mod_python. (using php fopen() or something). >> >> > As I said, the final python script is mainly for manipulating the >> >> > filesystem >> >> > and not really a web oriented script - >> >> > Do you think I'll have any benefits from using method 2 (in terms of >> >> > performance and concurrency) ? >> >> > Any help, thoughts or advice will be much appreciated. >> >> >> >> I have an old php site in which the chunck of code that executes a >> >> certain task was a bit convoluted (as usual in php) and as i wanted to >> >> change it i wrote it in python and it works nice. It is called as a >> >> web service and returns some lists (as text not html) which are loaded >> >> into arrays in php. I don't remember how exactily i did it as i have >> >> no access to the server now. In some hours i can check it and return >> >> to you if you still haven't figured it out. >> >> >> >> Regards, Clodoaldo >> >> >> >> > Cheers, >> >> > Leeron >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > Mod_python mailing list >> >> > Mod_python at modpython.org >> >> > http://mailman.modpython.org/mailman/listinfo/mod_python >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mod_python mailing list > Mod_python at modpython.org > http://mailman.modpython.org/mailman/listinfo/mod_python > >
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