Detect if running from the command line in Laravel 5

Question

I have a use case where we need to modify application flow if the application is being run from the command line via Artisan (migrations, seeds, route:list).

In Laravel

Answer 1

As of Laravel 5.1 this works... $app->runningInConsole() https://laravel.com/api/5.1/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.html

Basic usage:

if (! $app->runningInConsole()) {
 // do something
}