get_cfg_var
The information returned by get_current_user() seems to depend on the platform.
Using PHP 5.1.1 running as CGI with IIS 5.0 on Windows NT, get_current_user() returns the owner of the process running the script, *not* the owner of the script itself.
It's easy to test - create a file containing:
<?php
echo get_current_user();
?>
Then access it through the browser. I get: IUSR_MACHINE, the Internet Guest Account on Windows, which is certainly not the owner of the script.
get_current_user
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
get_current_user — Gets the name of the owner of the current PHP script
Description
string get_current_user
( void
)
Returns the name of the owner of the current PHP script.
Return Values
Returns the username as a string.
Examples
Example #1 get_current_user() example
<?php
echo 'Current script owner: ' . get_current_user();
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
Current script owner: SYSTEM
See Also
- getmyuid() - Gets PHP script owner's UID
- getmygid() - Get PHP script owner's GID
- getmypid() - Gets PHP's process ID
- getmyinode() - Gets the inode of the current script
- getlastmod() - Gets time of last page modification
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User Contributed Notesget_current_user
s dot bond1 at lse dot ac dot uk
10-May-2007 12:17
10-May-2007 12:17
tmacedo at linux dot ime dot usp br
21-Nov-2006 07:46
21-Nov-2006 07:46
<?php
/**
* addendum to 'SiliconExpress at Techie dot com' post:
* at Win32 enviroment, you have:
**/
var_dump(strcmp($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'], __FILE__));
// output: int(0)
/**
* but you can use, instead:
**/
var_dump(strcmp(realpath($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']), __FILE__));
// output: int(-1)
?>
justin samuel
09-Oct-2005 06:45
09-Oct-2005 06:45
to get the username of the process owner (rather than the file owner), you can use:
<?php
$processUser = posix_getpwuid(posix_geteuid());
print $processUser['name'];
?>