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

Leeron Shalev leeron at devunity.com
Thu Oct 16 19:20:31 EDT 2008


>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.Than I guess I'll have to give it a shot :)
Thanks again.

On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 1:17 AM, Sean Davis <sdavis2 at mail.nih.gov> wrote:

> 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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