how to tell cmd line vs. browser

[Steven Stern]

I have a script that will be run as a cron task every night but occasionally
will run when request by the browser. When run by the browser, I want it to
output results to the screen.

What's an easy way to tell how my .php file was invoked?

[Pedro Graca]

Re: how to tell cmd line vs. browser

Steven Stern wrote:[color=blue]
> I have a script that will be run as a cron task every night but occasionally
> will run when request by the browser. When run by the browser, I want it to
> output results to the screen.
>
> What's an easy way to tell how my .php file was invoked?[/color]

Maybe php_sapi_name() can help you.

http://www.php.net/php_sapi_name

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[Martin Geisler]

Re: how to tell cmd line vs. browser

Steven Stern <sdsternNOSPAMH ERE@NOSPAMHEREm indspring.com> writes:
[color=blue]
> I have a script that will be run as a cron task every night but
> occasionally will run when request by the browser. When run by the
> browser, I want it to output results to the screen.
>
> What's an easy way to tell how my .php file was invoked?[/color]

You can use the php_sapi_name() function and see if it return 'cgi',
assuming that you know for sure that PHP wont run as CGI on the
webserver (this is true with most installations where PHP runs as a
module in the webserver):

http://php.net/manual/en/function.php-sapi-name.php

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[Steven Stern]

Re: how to tell cmd line vs. browser

On 22 May 2004 19:43:25 GMT (more or less), Pedro Graca <hexkid@hotpop. com>
wrote:
[color=blue]
>Steven Stern wrote:[color=green]
>> I have a script that will be run as a cron task every night but occasionally
>> will run when request by the browser. When run by the browser, I want it to
>> output results to the screen.
>>
>> What's an easy way to tell how my .php file was invoked?[/color]
>
>Maybe php_sapi_name() can help you.
>
>http://www.php.net/php_sapi_name[/color]

That'll do it. Thanks.

When run from a browser, it returns "apache". When run from the command
line, it returns "cgi".