Pass arguments to PhantomJS script through PHP exec?

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There was already a question similar to this, however it didn't quite answer the question.

So my question is, if I have a PhantomJS script which is executed via exec in PHP, could I also pass some arguments to it which the PhantomJS script could then somehow get and use? If so, how would I pass them from the PHP and how would I use them in the PhantomJS script? If not, is there any other way of doing this? Thanks.

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Necoras
– Necoras

2017-03-28 22:21:37 +00:00
Commented Mar 28, 2017 at 22:21 — Necoras
– Necoras, Commented Mar 28, 2017 at 22:21

Al Sweigart · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-28 22:50:18Z

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Run the following in PHP:

$response = exec('/path/to/phantomjs myscript.js arg1 arg2');

Then read the arguments from system.args (as documented in http://phantomjs.org/api/system/property/args.html)

var system = require('system');
var args = system.args;

args.forEach(function(arg, i) {
  console.log(i + ': ' + arg);
});

answered Mar 28, 2017 at 22:50

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Vaviloff Over a year ago

Great answer, but please note that this way of running exec will only put one last line of output in $response.

user4411620 Over a year ago

Any ideas why this PHP doesn't return anything? PHP: echo exec('~/usr/bin/phantomjs --version'); ? It is indeed there: gyazo.com/663a1b302dcfd894c21ff6f072853c52

user4411620 Over a year ago

Ah, stupid me haha, you don't need to specify root, /usr/bin/phantomjs worked. Thanks again man, really happy I got my phantomjs working.

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