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# php_sapi_name

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.1, PHP 5)

php_sapi_name -- Returns the type of interface between web server and PHP

## Description

string php_sapi_name ( void )

php_sapi_name() returns a lowercase string which describes the type of interface between web server and PHP (Server API, SAPI). In CGI PHP, this string is "cgi", in mod_php for Apache, this string is "apache" and so on.

Example 1. php_sapi_name() example
`<?php $sapi_type = php_sapi_name(); if (substr($sapi_type, 0, 3) == 'cgi') { echo "You are using CGI PHP\n"; } else { echo "You are not using CGI PHP\n"; } ?>`

See also PHP_SAPI.

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