Re: FQDN of the server thru CLI

From: Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 12:57:08 +0000
Subject: Re: FQDN of the server thru CLI
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php_uname('n') Edin Venkat Venkataraju wrote: > Hi All > > I'm writing a bunch of cron scripts that send reports periodically using > phpmailer. > > I'm having a hard time trying to find the FQDN of the server. I need > that information to construct the from address for the emails. > > The $_ENV['HOSTNAME'] works only if the script is executed manually. the > cron does not pass the HOSTNAME env variable to the scripts. > > When executed from the CLI, the $_SERVER['HOSTNAME'] does not have the > fqdn, but just the hostname part of the FQDN. > > Unless i hard code the corntab file with > HOSTNAME=fqdn > > i do not want to hardcode the hostname anywhere as these script will be > copied onto many servers. is there a way i can find the fully qualified > domain name thru PHP? > > Thanks > /V >

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