Question

I have a php script the I often run using CLI (regular ssh terminal).

<?php

    class foo {
        public function __construct() {
            echo("Hello world");
        } 
    }

    // script starts here...
    $bar = new foo();

?>

When I run the code using php filename.php I get the Hello world stagnant as expected. Problem is that when i include the file from other php file I get the same thing (which I don’t want).

How can I prevent code from running when file include but still use it as a CLI script?

Answer 1

You can test if $argv[0] == __FILE__ to see if the file called form the command line is the same as the included file.

class foo {
    public function __construct() {

      // Output Hello World if this file was called directly from the command line
      // Edit: Probably need to use realpath() here as well..
      if (isset($argv) && realpath($argv[0]) == __FILE__) {  
        echo("Hello world");
      }
    } 
}