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
// Get and echo the system name, version, and machine type using php_uname()
echo php_uname() . "\n";
// Echo the operating system PHP is running on
echo PHP_OS . "\n";
// Check if the operating system is Windows using the PHP_OS constant
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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