need advice on building core code for python and PHP

[Cameron Laird]

In article <1180025115.704410.250890 at a35g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,
digimotif  <digimotif at gmail.com> wrote:
>All,
>I'm currently working with a small development company on a PHP
>application they already have.  There are several processing tasks
>that could be scripted in Python and run in the background to modify a
>database, instead of the way they have it now, which waits for a
>webpage to return from processing.
>
>There is also the possibility of building client gui applications that
>work with the database as well, so I'm looking for a way I could
>create a code base that enables us to use the same functions and
>objects over and over again while building interfaces in Python, or
>PHP, or whatever.
>
>Is there a way I could code the base (core) code in Python and have
>PHP call it?  I've really liked using SQLAlchemy and there are other
>great things like Pylons I could integrate for various tasks, but I
>first have to move some functionality out of PHP and into something
>more "universal".  What would you recommend?
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"Yes", is the short answer.

More details, later.