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So, I have a python script that uses machine learning models to predict and print a string. Running the script alone gives desired output and takes around 12 seconds to complete. Now calling the python script using a custom wordpress rest api endpoint returns null. I tried running the standard hello world python script, and it works fine. After trying many things and variations, I have discovered that importing the libraries is causing the issue. To be precise importing the numpy.array and/or joblib from sklearn.externals is somehow causing the output to be null. Here is the python code

#!C:\xampp\htdocs\mil\Scripts\python.exe

from datetime import datetime 
import json
from numpy import array
from sklearn.externals import joblib
import traceback

print("hello")

And here is the php code I am using inside the custom rest api get function

$topy = 'python C:\xampp\htdocs\mil\mypython\venv\test.py';
$command = escapeshellcmd($topy);
$output = shell_exec($command);
return $output;

I have also tried these 2 alternatives but the problem continues, I get blank string as output. 1.

ob_start();
passthru('python C:\Users\Deepon\PycharmProjects\Home\test.py');
$output = ob_get_clean(); 
return $output;

2.

$descriptorspec = array(
   0 => array("pipe", "r"),
   1 => array("pipe", "w"),
   2 => array("file", "error-output.txt", "a")
);


$process = proc_open('python C:\xampp\htdocs\mil\mypython\venv\test.py', $descriptorspec, $pipes);

if (is_resource($process)) {

print fgets($pipes[1]);
$return_value = proc_close($process);

return $return_value;
}

So fellas , any ideas on how to solve this dilemna of mine ?

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    This sounds more like a general Python/PHP question than anything really to do with WordPress. You'll have a better chance getting an answer at stackoverflow.com. Apr 24, 2019 at 14:51

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Thanks @JacobPeattie. I realize now after going through a few more articles that the problem was indeed not with wordpress but php and i was looking at the wrong place. The solution I found, I will write it down here just in case:

putenv('PYTHONPATH=C:\xampp\htdocs\mil\mypython\venv\Lib\site-packages');

The problem was indeed with php. I found the answer only after removing wordpress from the search query.

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