python in php

hi friends ,


i want to know is it possible to call python in php

e,g

i have functions made in python


is it possible to call python function in php page to and then diesplay the result through php

what about this?
http://www.csh.rit.edu/~jon/projects/pip/

test.py:

a = ['Mary','had','a','little','lamb'];
for i in range(len(a)):
print i, a[i]



test.php:

<?php
passthru('python ' . $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . 'test.py');
?>


or:

http://www.python.org/doc/essays/ppt/sd99east/index.htm

best regards