Php/docs/function.gethostname
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gethostname
(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7)
gethostname — Gets the host name
Description
gethostname ( ) : string
gethostname() gets the standard host name for the local machine.
Return Values
Returns a string with the hostname on success, otherwise FALSE is
returned.
Examples
Example #1 A simple gethostname() example
<?phpecho gethostname(); // may output e.g,: sandie// Or, an option that also works before PHP 5.3echo php_uname('n'); // may output e.g,: sandie?>
See Also
- gethostbyname() - Get the IPv4 address corresponding to a given Internet host name
- gethostbyaddr() - Get the Internet host name corresponding to a given IP address
- php_uname() - Returns information about the operating system PHP is running on
