python command in php system()

Question

I'm trying to write php code to change the description name of mailman's mailing list automatically using the php's system() function. But I don't know how can I do.

<?php
system('bin/withlist -l market
m.description = 'NewName'
m.Save()
exit()');
?>

Here is the command line commands to change the description name:

$ bin/withlist -l market
>>> m.description = 'NewName'
>>> m.Save()
>>> exit()

Please help me

Answer 1

You can using <<< and py_eval() function to run python code.

More information: http://www.csh.rit.edu/~jon/projects/pip/

Answer 2

system() runs it all as one command. You're looking for something allowing you to pass input, such as popen().

Here's an example:

if ($handle = popen('bin/withlist -l market', 'w')) {
    fwrite($handle, "m.description = 'NewName'\n");
    fwrite($handle, "m.Save()\n");
    fwrite($handle, "exit()\n");
    pclose($handle);
}