php_runner.py

import subprocess
import os
import tempfile

def run_php_code(php_code: str, *args) -> str:
    """
    Executes a given PHP code string as a standalone PHP script. This function writes the code to a file,
    executes it, captures the output, and performs cleanup.

    Args:
        php_code (str): A string containing the PHP code to be executed.
        *args (tuple): Variable length argument list, where each argument is passed to the
                       PHP script as command line arguments. All arguments are converted to strings.

    Returns:
        str: The stdout captured from the PHP script after successful execution. If execution fails,
             returns None and prints an error message to the standard output.

    Raises:
        This function does not raise any exceptions directly but will print error messages
        to standard output in case of execution errors.
    """
    # Create a temporary file to hold the PHP code
    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False, suffix=".php", mode="w", encoding="utf-8") as php_file:
        php_file.write(php_code)
        php_filename = php_file.name

    try:
        # Prepare the command to run the PHP script, converting all arguments to strings
        run_command = ["php", php_filename] + [str(arg) for arg in args]

        # Execute the PHP script
        run_result = subprocess.run(
            run_command,
            capture_output=True,
            text=True,
            check=False,  # Handling error checking manually
        )

        if run_result.returncode != 0:
            print(f"[x] Execution failed:\n{run_result.stderr}")
            return None

        return run_result.stdout
    finally:
        # Clean up: remove the PHP file
        if os.path.exists(php_filename):
            os.remove(php_filename)

# Example usage:
php_code = """
<?php
echo "Hello, World!";
?>
"""
output = run_php_code(php_code)
print(output)