PHP & Python integration (Nusoap?)

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I am thinking of building a website prototype. I would like to use PHP
to implement the web components and use Python to implement the backend
server components. Based on my analysis of what is available in these 2
languages, it seems to be a natural choice & good combination. Any
disagreement?

Given that, I am looking for ways to call Python code from PHP. I know
Nusoap is one way. Is there another way? Like XML RPC? Or some others?

Any of your help would be highly appreciated.

Thanks!