PHP calling Python, returning multiple values
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I'm setting up a SOAP server using php. In processing the SOAP requests, I will then need to call some existing python scripts. These scripts have typically returned 3 values: success, description, and data.

How do I pass all three values back to the php?

My request is:

    exec('python test.py', $output);

test.py does:

    from getData import getData
    
    status, description, data = getData()
    
    return status, description, data

and my existing python looks something like this:

    def getData():
        database = Database()
    
        # get all the Data from the db
        data = database.getData()
    
        if data is None:
            return False, "...notes...", ""
        
        return True, "...notes...", data

I'm not sure the return in test.py is correct. But even if it is, when I look at var_dump($output) all I see is "Array"

Anyone have any ideas?

TIA,

Brian