PHP | gethostname() Function

Hello folks! welcome back to a new edition of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be studying about the PHP gethostname() Function.

The built-in PHP gethostname() function is used to get the host or domain name for the local machine.

Syntax

Following below is the syntax to use this function -

string gethostname ( void )

READ: PHP | gethostbyaddr() Function

Parameter Details

This built-in PHP function doesn't accept any parameters.

Return Value

This PHP function returns a string value of host name on success, otherwise FALSE on failure.

Example

Try out the following example below -

<?PHP
   $var = gethostname();
   
   IF ($var===FALSE) {
      echo "The function ran but no results were returned!";
   } ELSE {
      echo "The function returned a value ";
      echo $var;
   }
?>

Output

When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result below -

The function returned a value 4d623edc62d4

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Alright guys! This is where we are going to be rounding up for this tutorial post. In our next tutorial, we will study about the PHP getmxrr() Function.

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