pass to python

<?php
/*
 * send arguments to a python script from php and send mail to specified recipient
 */
//first value is the '$to' value and second is '$body'
$to = 'dokwii@smsmedia.info';
$body = 'this is from cmd';
$cmd = "python sendmail.py '$to' '$body'";
if(shell_exec($cmd)){
	print "successfully fireup python mail script";
} else {
	print "failed to fireup python mail script";
}


?>