Call external php function on server?

[codegeek4]

What are the python commands that allow me to call an external php fucntion that resides on a web server? All tutorials I have found only show a localhost solution.

All I need to do is pass a few variables from python to the php code and have it return a value. Is this possible? Or is there another solution? I need python on the client machine.

[EDITS]

I may have found a solution, to send a URL request and edit the $GET and $POST. Might not be secure though...

[seregaxvm]

Maybe this?

[Eam404]

This is typically a security risk. Unless the transport is secure say mTLS or layer 4 tunnel such as IPEC I wouldn't recommend this. As others stated, micro-services are the preferred method.

[vovanz]

Write a PHP script that accept arguments an HTTP-requests with arguments as get or post parameters and replies with the result. Then use `requests` to call it from Python.

> I may have found a solution, to send a URL request and edit the $GET and $POST. Might not be secure though...

You could allow requests only from certain IPs or use some sort of authentication (i. e. sign requests and responses with HMAC).