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<h1 class="refname">gethostname</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP >= 5.3.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">gethostname</span> — <span class="dc-title">Gets the host name</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>gethostname</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
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<span class="function"><strong>gethostname()</strong></span> gets the standard host name for
the local machine.
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Returns a string with the hostname on success, otherwise <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> is
returned.
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<p><strong>Example #1 A simple <span class="function"><strong>gethostname()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">gethostname</span><span style="color: #007700">(); </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// may output e.g,: sandie<br /><br />// Or, an option that also works before PHP 5.3<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">php_uname</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'n'</span><span style="color: #007700">); </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// may output e.g,: sandie<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.gethostbyname.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">gethostbyname()</a> - Get the IPv4 address corresponding to a given Internet host name</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.gethostbyaddr.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">gethostbyaddr()</a> - Get the Internet host name corresponding to a given IP address</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.php-uname.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">php_uname()</a> - Returns information about the operating system PHP is running on</span></li>
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