Roosevelt

To use this module, you must have PHP installed and in your PATH.

Run a PHP script in Node.js

const php = require('php')
const output = php.run('some_php_script.php')

Run a PHP script in Node.js and pass it data

const php = require('php')
const output = php.runWithData('some_php_script.php', { hello: 'world' })

Then, assuming your some_php_script.php file looks like this:

<p><?=$hello?></p>

The output will be:

<p>world</p>

Run PHP code from memory in Node.js

If you have PHP code in a string rather than in a file, you can execute it without writing it to disk first:

const php = require('php')
const output = php.runCode('<?php echo "<p>world</p>"; ?>')

Like a PHP file, the code can mix HTML and PHP:

const output = php.runCode('<?php $hello = "world"; ?><p><?=$hello?></p>')

Run PHP code from memory in Node.js and pass it data

const php = require('php')
const output = php.runCodeWithData('<p><?=$hello?></p>', { hello: 'world' })

The output will be:

<p>world</p>

Use with Express

const express = require('express')
const app = express()
const php = require('php')

// setup PHP templating engine
app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'templates'))
app.set('view engine', 'php') // set PHP as a view engine in your Express app
app.engine('php', php.__express)

// define a route
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  res.render('index.php', {
    hello: 'world'
  })
})

Then, assuming your templates/index.php looks like this:

<p><?=$hello?></p>

The output will be:

<p>world</p>