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<div id="function.gethostname" class="refentry">
<div class="refnamediv">
<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>
</div>
<a name="function.gethostname.description"></a><div class="refsect1 description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><b>gethostname</b></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
<b>gethostname()</b> gets the standard host name for
the local machine.
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.gethostname.returnvalues"></a><div class="refsect1 returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns a string with the hostname on success, otherwise <b><tt class="constant">FALSE</tt></b> is
returned.
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.gethostname.examples"></a><div class="refsect1 examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><div class="example">
<p><b>Example #1 A simple <b>gethostname()</b> example</b></p>
<div class="example-contents programlisting">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<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 /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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</div><p>
</p>
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<a name="function.gethostname.seealso"></a><div class="refsect1 seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"><a href="function.gethostbyname.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">gethostbyname()</a> - Get the IPv4 address corresponding to a given Internet host name</li>
</ul><p>
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