Can PHP detect if its run from a cron job or from the command line?

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if (php_sapi_name() == 'cli') {   
   if (isset($_SERVER['TERM'])) {   
      echo "The script was run from a manual invocation on a shell";   
   } else {   
      echo "The script was run from the crontab entry";   
   }   
} else { 
   echo "The script was run from a webserver, or something else";   
}

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