To call MATLAB scripts from PHP, you can use PHP's “exec” or “system” commands with the “matlab -r” option.
While there isn't a direct MATLAB interface for PHP, you can pass MATLAB calculation results to PHP through File I/O.
Refer to following example where the result of "magicsquare.m" is written in "result.csv" and will be loaded in PHP and shown in Web browser.
magicSquare.m -
function out = magicSquare(n)
if ischar(n)
n = str2num(n);
end
out = magic(n);
csvwrite('result.csv', out);
sample.php (Windows version) -
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>PHP Test</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<?php
% Get current working directory
% magicSquare.m exists in this directory
$pwd = getcwd();
% Set command. Please use -r option and remember to add exit in the last
$cmd = 'C:\MATLAB\R2017b\bin\matlab -automation -sd ' . $pwd . ' -r "magicSquare(5);exit" -wait -logfile log.txt';
% exec
$last_line = exec($cmd, $output, $retval);
if ($retval == 0){
% Read from CSV file which MATLAB has created
$lines = file('result.csv');
echo '<p>Results:<br>';
foreach($lines as $line)
{
echo $line.'<br>';
}
echo '</p>';
} else {
% When command failed
echo '<p>Failed</p>';
}
?>
</body>
</html>
Hope this helps!
