PHP Exercises : Get the information about the OS PHP is running on
PHP : Exercise-26 with Solution
Write a PHP script to get the information about the operating system PHP is running on.
Sample Solution: -
PHP Code:
<?php
echo php_uname()."\n";
echo PHP_OS."\n";
if (strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3)) === 'WIN') {
echo 'This is a server using Windows!';
} else {
echo 'This is a server not using Windows!'."\n";
}
?>
Sample Output:
Linux programming-editor 4.4.0-78-generic #99-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 27 15:29:09 UTC 2017 x86_64 Linux This is a server not using Windows!
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