PHP Calls macOS Apple Script Integration Tutorial
Building on yesterday’s PHP Calls macOS Apple Script Primer Tutorial we want to integrate yesterday’s start onto the recent …
- the changed what_is_the_english_word.php‘s English Word Guessing Game up at the RJM Programming public domain
- the changed start_word_for_wordle_helper.php‘s Start Word for Wordle Suggestions up at the RJM Programming public domain
… as macOS (perhaps MAMP local Apache/PHP/MySql web server) “Intranet style” integrations using the two lynchpins …
- apple_script_url.js external Javascript called (in the integrated PHP above) via …
<?php echo ”
<script type='text/javascript' src='apple_script_url.js'></script>
“; ?>
… just (needed) up at the RJM Programming public domain (perhaps in the same folder as the integrated PHP) - the changed apple_script_url.php‘s link to a pressing of an Apple Script window Play button to open Google search engine up at the RJM Programming public domain and 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
… leading to a top right 📝 emoji button accessing these Apple Scripts saved over at the macOS system’s “home Desktop” folder, ready for ongoing recall and extending. Is this an intersessional (macOS or Mac OS X only) feeling piece of functionality that interests you? Well, get downloading (and perhaps) tweaking, to find out!
Previous relevant PHP Calls macOS Apple Script Primer Tutorial is shown below.
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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