How to run PHP code from inside a Ruby script?

Question

I'm trying to come up with a solution to this problem. I have a Ruby script that needs to run some PHP code, but I am new to Ruby, so I don't know how to go about doing this.

def run_my_code
    #execute some PHP code here
    # $person = new Person();
    # $person->doSomething();
end

How can I achieve this?

Related question: [PHP to Ruby compiler](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3873857/php-to-ruby-compiler/3886423#3886423) — Andrew Grimm, Oct 17 '10 at 06:14
Possible duplicate of [PHP to Ruby compiler](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3873857/php-to-ruby-compiler) — mega6382, Nov 10 '17 at 06:49

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 15 '10 at 19:41

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one way is to use exec

http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/Kernel.html#M005968

also `ls` or `cmd` works too (back tick)

answered Oct 15 '10 at 19:41

nonopolarity

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does it cost much to frequently spawn new processes just to eval a PHP code? – Minqi Pan Aug 19 '12 at 07:19

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 16 '10 at 07:04

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I've heard of Phuby, though I haven't used it myself.

answered Oct 16 '10 at 07:04

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 15 '10 at 21:10

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Look at Erubis. It supports PHP and other languages (Ruby/PHP/C/Java/Scheme/Perl/Javascript).

answered Oct 15 '10 at 21:10

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How to run PHP code from inside a Ruby script?

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