#25186 [Opn->Csd]: php_uname - not the build os, but the running os

ID: 25186 Updated by: dave@php.net Reported By: cheezy@php.net -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem PHP Version: Irrelevant New Comment: This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. After almost a year, I have fixed this. See http://cvs.php.net/diff.php/phpdoc/en/reference/info/functions/php-uname.xml?r1=1.9&r2=1.10&ty=h Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-08-21 05:49:15] didou@php.net sorry, I need some coffee.. :) forget what I've said ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-08-21 05:45:52] didou@php.net Please don't report bugs for the notes in the manual. See http://www.php.net/manual/en/about.notes.php you can send us a mail at php-notes@lists.php.net if you want us to remove some notes. cheers, didou ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-08-21 05:42:22] daveb at optusnet dot com dot au To me it looks like: On Windows, it's always the running OS. On *nix, it's the running OS except when the call to uname() fails or when <sys/utsname.h> doesn't exist, then it falls back to the build OS. As for the PHP_OS constant, it seems to always be the build OS. So the documentation appears to needs work. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-08-21 05:26:18] cheezy@php.net Description: ------------ Is this note correct? vbhackattack at hotmail dot com 24-Mar-2003 05:17 According to the source code for this function (/ext/standard/info.c), the description is not correct. The function returns information about the operating system PHP is _running_ on, not built on. For example, if PHP was build on Win2000 but is running on WinXP, the function should report a version number appropriate for WinXP. I have not tested this, just read the source code which calls the WinAPI function GetVersion() or the *nix function uname() at _run_ time. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=25186&edit=1