[mod_python] Advantages of running non web oriented script using mod_python

Sean Davis sdavis2 at mail.nih.gov
Thu Oct 16 19:17:33 EDT 2008


On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 7:10 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.
>
> This is the php code:
>
> $server_name = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
>
> $url = "http://$server_name/python/mp_history.py?d=$team&t=team_update%3bteam_daily";
>
> $big = eval_array(file_get_contents($url));
>
> And this is the mod_python config:
>
>    <Directory /var/www/html/example.com/python>
>       SetHandler mod_python
>       PythonHandler mod_python.publisher
>    </Directory>
>
> If you don't have anything running on mod_python don't use it. In
> instead use mod_wsgi. I used mod_python in the site above about two
> years ago. I would not do it today.

Yes, mod_wsgi is significantly faster and allows one to plug into the
wsgi frameworks and ideas making code somewhat more portable and
allowing greater code reuse.

Sean

> Regards, Clodoaldo
>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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
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>>
>>
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