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# php_sapi_name

(PHP 4 )

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
    $sapi_type = php_sapi_name();
    if ($sapi_type == "cgi")
      print "You are using CGI PHP\n";
    else
      print "You are not using CGI PHP\n";

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