Re: Howto detect the hostname of the server?

On 26 Nov 2011, at 00:14, Andreas wrote: > Hi, > how could I identify the server the script runs on? > > I've got a testserver on Windows and a remote system on Linux that need a couple of > different settings like IP and port of db-server or folder to store logfiles. > > I'd like to do something like: > > if ( $_SERVER['some_key'] = 'my_test_box' ) { > $db_host = '1.1.1.1'; > $db_port = 1234; > } else { > $db_host = '2.2.2.2'; > $db_port = 4321; > } > > > I looked into phpinfo() but haven't found anything helpful, yet. > Have I overlooked something or is there another way to identify the server? This should work on most Linux variants, so long as the hostname command exists and the PHP process has permission to execute it. function getServerHostname($full = false) { $retval = hostname; if (!$full) { $retval = array_shift(explode('.', $retval)); } return $retval; } -Stuart -- Stuart Dallas 3ft9 Ltd http://3ft9.com/