Re: Howto detect the hostname of the server?

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On 26 Nov 2011, at 00:24, Stuart Dallas wrote:
> 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)
> {

This line should have a trim...

> 	$retval = trim(`hostname`);

Without that, the full hostname will have a new line on the end which is less than ideal.

> 	if (!$full) {
> 		$retval = array_shift(explode('.', $retval));
> 	}
> 	return $retval;
> }

-Stuart

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