[BioC] Calling R from php

[Hervé Pagès]

Hi Fahim,

This question is probably too general for this list. Remember that this
is the Bioconductor mailing list ;-) You might want to ask to the
rApache people directly or maybe try the R-help mailing list instead.

Good luck,
H.


On 11-06-07 10:50 AM, Fahim Mohammad wrote:
> Hi
> I am trying to give  user interface to my tool and willing to call R from
> php. I am able to install, configure and run the example given on
> rapache manual website http://rapache.net/manual.html and I suppose it is
> working perfect.
>
> I have a couple of varibles in php (such as input file path and other
> variables) that I want to send to R. The manual mentions how to call an R
> file but I could not figure out how to pass arguments from php (post
> variables) to an R file or R functions.
>
>
> # test.php file
> <?php
> $var1 = "cat";
> $var2 = "dog";
> $geneArray =  "";
> $inpFile = "/home/fahim/webRugit/dataFile.php";
> $processComplete = 0;
>
>
> $processComplete = howToCall($var1, $var2, $geneArray, $inpFile);  // How to
> communicate? How to invoke the R
> ?>
>
> #R file to be called (Filename: test.R): Function name is foo.
> foo ( $var1, $var2, $geneArray, $inpFile) )  // How to receive the variable.
>
> #http.conf file. //What to modify in this file
> ServerName localhost
> LoadModule R_module  /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_R.so
> ROutputErrors
> <Location /rapachetest>
>     SetHandler r-handler
>     RFileHandler /home/fahim/webRugit/hello.R
> </Location>
>
> Do I need to modify any other file???
>
> Thanks a lot.
> Fahim
>
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