[SOLVED] problem when using shell_exec() in php code to run python script

Issue

I have a php code that run pyhton code but is not working os: fedora 38 server: localhost using apache

$command = 'py testCODES.py';
$output = shell_exec($command.' 2>&1');

it gives me this error

No executable found for Python

any solutions?

i tried solutions these commands:

sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www
sudo chmod +x *.py

Solution

It looks like when PHP runs shell_exec(…), it doesn't have access to the $PATH env var that contain a list of directories that contain the executables.

One way to avoid this issue is to provide full paths so that the shell doesn't have to guess the locations of files:

/usr/bin/python /var/www/[…]/testCODES.py

You can run whereis python to find where is the binary.

Answered By - A.L

Answer Checked By - Marie Seifert (WPSolving Admin)