RE: [PHP] $HOST_NAME

Chris, uname is a standard UNIX command. The -n flag says to tell you the machine's network node name -- usually the FQDN. ``'s just one way of executing external programs in PHP. You could also use system() or exec(). I mostly use ``'s because it is quick and when I don't care about the return value of the program I'm executing, this does just fine. system() and exec() have their advantages, but I don't use then when I don't use them when the advantage is of no advantage to me. :) -jeremy (I'm CC:ing the list because this may be helpfull). Jeremy Brand :: Sr. Software Engineer :: 408-245-9058 :: jeremy@nirvani.net http://www.JeremyBrand.com/Jeremy/Brand/Jeremy_Brand.html for more - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "We're all Linux all the time, and very proud of it" Jim Reese, Chief Operations Engineer, Google.com On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Boget, Chris wrote: > Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 17:08:11 -0600 > From: "Boget, Chris" <Chris.Boget@wild.net> > To: 'jeremy brand' <jeremy@nirvani.net> > Subject: RE: [PHP] $HOST_NAME > > > Something happend either with your code or your server. Voodoo > > computing doesn't exist. There IS an explanation, even if you don't > > know it. > > I asked out network admins and they said nothing changed. > > > Try > > $my_host = uname -n; > > This won't lie! > > Is this an exec command? > > Chris >