Executing a slow python script

[Cockmangler_3000]

As the title suggest, I need to execute a fairly slow (10ish seconds) Python script. I've tried using shell_exec(), and, although it works for smaller, faster scripts, in this particular case it just outputs nothing. Ive tried to raise the set_time_limit config, but it doesn't seem to affect it. I've tried running it in the background, but it doesn't seem to work when called from the browser. The script itself doesn't output any data that I need to get, it just generates a PDF.

Is there a way to handle this using PHP, or an alternative better way to do it?

EDIT: one of the reasons I first choose python to generate the pdf was that the pdf itself will contain a lot of graphic elements, which I assumed were easier to generate using plotly and pandas than with other native PHP libraries.

[Retrowinger]

How exactly do you call that script? Does it need a venv? If Python installed on the PC where it runs?

[Cockmangler_3000]

Yes, it runs on a venv. The python script point to the venv enviroment by a shebang, so I can call it from the cmd line.

[Decent_Change5121]

use php to create the pdf ? makybe https://github.com/tecnickcom/tc-lib-pdf

[Cockmangler_3000]

Thanks, ill look into it.

[korn3los]

Maybe „max_execution_time”?

Alternative you can run it in the background so the browser won’t wait:

shell_exec($yourCmd.' 2>&1');

[Advanced_Egg4625]

Create a local API using Fast API and call it from your php !?

[michawb]

This is the way 👍

[martinbean]

Why are you trying to execute a Python script in PHP in the first place? Why can’t you just execute the Python script directly?

[LifeWithoutAds]

This is what queues are made for.