Running Python scripts with Xampp

I'm using python 2.7.13
At first the browser was showing the raw code.

what I did:

Edited httpd.conf

AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl .asp .py

At the top of all my scripts I added this:

#!j:/Installeds/Python/python   
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"

Now it's giving me Internal Server Error (500) and I have no idea what else to try... First time with python.

Obs: I think this may help> Apache>Error.log

[cgi:error] [pid 6364:tid 1620] (9)Bad file descriptor: [client ::1:51083] AH01222: don't know how to spawn child process: C:/Files and Installs/Xampp/htdocs/Test/main.py
AH02102: C:/Files and Installs/Xampp/htdocs/Test/main.py is not executable; ensure interpreted scripts have "#!" or "'!" first line

Solution 1:

Run Python in XAMPP for Windows

Step 1: Download and Install Python

Download and install the latest version of Python from https://www.python.org/downloads.

Step 2: Configure XAMPP for Python

Open the Apache httpd.conf configuration file located at .../xampp/apache/conf/httpd.conf using a text editor of your choice.

The XAMPP GUI can also quickly access the httpd.conf file:

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Copy and paste the following code at the end of the file:

AddHandler cgi-script .py
ScriptInterpreterSource Registry-Strict

Step 2.5: Add Python extension to default page locations (Optional)

Inside the httpd.conf file search for <IfModule dir_module> to add index.py among others to the list of default page locations.

<IfModule dir_module>
    DirectoryIndex index.php index.pl index.cgi index.asp index.shtml index.html index.htm index.py \
    default.php default.pl default.cgi default.asp default.shtml default.html default.htm default.py \
    home.php home.pl home.cgi home.asp home.shtml home.html home.htm home.py
</IfModule>

Step 3: Restart Apache / XAMPP

If Apache was running while editing, now is the time to restart it.

Step 4: Run Python from XAMPP

Create a folder and Python file in the XAMPP htdocs directory; e.g. .../xampp/htdocs/PythonProject/test.py.

At the beginning of your script, you first need to specify the directory of your Python executable. The default location of Python 3.10.0 is C:/Users/<YOUR_WINDOWS_PROFILE>/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python310/python.exe, but in your case, it may be different, depending on the version and directory in which you've installed Python.

#! C:/Users/<YOUR_WINDOWS_PROFILE>/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python310/python.exe

After that, you can create your Python script.

#! C:/Users/<YOUR_WINDOWS_PROFILE>/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python310/python.exe

print("Content-Type: text/html\n")
print("Hello, World!")

Save the file and open localhost/PythonProject/test.py in your web browser. Your Python script should be running.

Solution 2:

Im running ubuntu 16.04 so my answer might be a little different. I am using a google chrome browser with a python 3 file called test.py in /opt/lampp/htdocs/PythonProject:

#test.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
print('Content-type: text/html\r\n\r')
print("<p>hello world!</p>")
print("I can view this in my browser yay!!")

I edited my httpd.conf file in /opt/lampp/etc/httpd.conf and I did not add

AddHandler cgi-script .py
ScriptInterpreterSource Registry-Strict

to the end of the file, instead I added .py to the end of the existing line

AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl

finally i made the file executable by chmod +x /opt/lampp/htdocs/PythonProject/test.py and then I just ran it through my browser:

http://localhost/PythonProject/test.py

OUTPUT:

hello world!

I can view this in my browser yay!!

Solution 3:

Download python from here (https://www.python.org/downloads/) and install it
Open XAMPP control panel, click on config and go to httpd.conf file >> search for addhandler and add “.py” [without quotation ] just like in the screenshot (if it’s not added) httpd.conf file
Restart the apache server

To run a python script: Open any text editor and put this code

#!C:/Users/"Username"/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python37-32/python.exe
print("content-type: text/html\n\n" )
print("<br><B>hello python</B>")

In the first line, you have to type the location of the python.exe file after putting a shebang (#!) “username” — username of your PC This will differ from one user to another. You can find the python location from environment variables (see the screenshot below)

py environment variables

Then put the script in xampp>> htdocs folder
Open your browser and type localhost/”filename”.py (http://localhost/filename.py) [ “filename”= script name] You’ll see this output

output