从PHP执行Fortran程序

Question

I am trying to execute some fortran program through PHP. Basically I have a webform that upload a text file with some data in it, the fortran is supposed to take the text file, get data, and return another text file with results. e.g. a text file with list of some numbers and a fortran program should get it, calculate and return an average of those numbers.

I am running an apache server, and wondering if it is possible to make PHP execute the fortran program. If it is possible, how would I go about doing it?

thanks

Answer 1

You can use shell_exec command in php.

<?php

// text file path which is uploaded by web form
$firstFile_path  = '/path/to/firstTextfile.txt'); 

// text file path which is created by fortran program
$secondFile_path = '/path/to/secondTextfile.txt'); 

//send the filepath to your fortran program and wait for the process to finish
// send first file path as argument to the fortran program
shell_exec("fortranprogram ".$firstFile_path); 

// read the second file's content
$secondFile_content = file_get_contents($secondFile_path);

?>