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Leeron Shalev
leeron at devunity.com
Thu Oct 16 19:08:19 EDT 2008
Thanks, Your answer confirmed what I suspected. :)I belive mod_pyrhon will provide the simplest and most efficient solution in my case (any besides that, I alredy got it compiled and installed ;). On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 6:35 PM, Sean Davis <sdavis2 at mail.nih.gov> wrote: > 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 > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mm_cfg_has_not_been_edited_to_set_host_domains/pipermail/mod_python/attachments/20081017/e4884d47/attachment.html
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