gethostname

(PHP >= 5.3.0)

gethostname — Gets the host name

string gethostname ( void )

gethostname() gets the standard host name for the local machine.

Returns a string with the hostname on success, otherwise FALSE is returned.

Example #1 A simple gethostname() example


<?php
echo gethostname(); // may output e.g,: sandie
?>

gethostbyname() - Get the IPv4 address corresponding to a given Internet host name