Executing CasperJS from a PHP script (ideally Codeigniter)

[Gavin]

Hi guys,

I have setup the latest version of CasperJS & PhantomJS (all works well so far) - I want to be able to execute a javascript script with the Casper code in directly from my PHP script - also how is the best way to handle passing data to and from the script.

I am using this with Codeigniter - would there be an library that would be suitable for this?

[Robert Igl]

You can use exec for this
To pass data just append them after the exec and access it in phantomjs/casperjs via var yourVar = require('system').args[1];
You can pass as much as you want, [1] will just give the first argument passed after the script which should be executed

[Gavin]

Brilliant Robert - you've been super useful today! :-)

[lavesh bhandari]

Hi Robert,

I am also looking to run casperJS script via php.
Since I am a very noob in this stuff can you please explain your answer in a bit detail.

Thanks