Was a Php Script Called From Command Line

Last modified: 
Tuesday, May 5th, 2015
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PHPTests

Overview

How to tell if a PHP script was called from the command line.

<?php
  if (php_sapi_name() === 'cli' ) {
    print 'This script was called from the the command line.';
  } 
  else {
    print 'This script was NOT called from the command line.';
  }
?>


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