PHP Calls macOS Apple Script Primer Tutorial
Yesterday’s Apple Script Execution of Start Word Suggestions for Wordle Tutorial struck a chord of interest for us. Its use of …
- macOS command line via Terminal application …
- Apple Scripting … and …
- “open” command on that command line
… opens the door to an idea we’ve wondered about before … perhaps involve multiple web browser “brands” in a single …
- web application
- command line application
- curl web application
… using … you guessed it … PHP in (what we see as) its 3 modes of use.
Here’s our first draft of apple_script_url.php we want you to download to (the Document Root of) a macOS MAMP local Apache/PHP/MySql web server environment, ideally, though you can tailor for another macOS local web server arrangement, perhaps …
<?php
// apple_script_url.php
// RJM Programming
// February 2022
$ts=date('_dmY_his', time());
if (isset($argc)) {
if (PHP_OS == "Darwin") {
if ($argc >= 2) {
if (file_exists(getenv('HOME') . '/Desktop/MyAppleScript' . $ts . '.scpt')) {
unlink(getenv('HOME') . '/Desktop/MyAppleScript' . $ts . '.scpt');
}
file_put_contents(getenv('HOME') . '/Desktop/MyAppleScript' . $ts . '.scpt', "tell application \"Terminal\"\n activate\n do script \"cd '" . getenv('HOME') . '/Desktop' . "'\" in window 1\n do script \"open '" . $argv[1] . "'\" in window 1\nend tell");
exec("cd " . getenv('HOME') . '/Desktop ; open MyAppleScript' . $ts . '.scpt');
}
}
} else if (isset($_GET['url'])) {
if (PHP_OS == "Darwin") {
if (file_exists(getenv('HOME') . '/Desktop/MyAppleScript' . $ts . '.scpt')) {
unlink(getenv('HOME') . '/Desktop/MyAppleScript' . $ts . '.scpt');
}
file_put_contents(getenv('HOME') . '/Desktop/MyAppleScript' . $ts . '.scpt', "tell application \"Terminal\"\n activate\n do script \"cd '" . getenv('HOME') . '/Desktop' . "'\" in window 1\n do script \"open '" . str_replace('+','%20',$_GET['url']) . "'\" in window 1\nend tell");
//exec('open \"' . getenv('HOME') . '/Desktop/MyAppleScript' . $ts . '.scpt\"');
passthru("cd " . getenv('HOME') . '/Desktop ; open MyAppleScript' . $ts . '.scpt');
} else if (strpos($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'], 'localhost') === false) {
echo "<html><body onload=\" window.open('HTTP://localhost:8888/apple_script_url.php?url=" . str_replace('+','%20',$_GET['url']) . "','_self'); \"></body></html>";
}
}
?>
… and if you have downloaded, you may get some joy with it calling Google into a new web browser arrangement via the pressing of an Apple Script window Play button … or … get to the macOS Terminal prompt and type …
php /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/apple_script_url.php https://google.com
… or …
curl "HTTP://localhost:8888/apple_script_url.php?url=https://google.com"
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