Getting OS name using PHP

apt · 04-09-2005, 12:50 AM

Hi
How can i get OS name in which PHP was installed using php?
And in LinuxOS i need to get the exact flavour name like Red Hat/Mandrake/Fedora/Debian. Is there any functions in php to retrive this ?

Any help would be appreciated.

keefaz · 04-09-2005, 02:56 AM

I would use standard system commands

PHP Code:



 
$os = `uname -o`; 
 
if( ($pos = strpos($os, "Linux")) !== false) { 
    if(file_exists("/etc/slackware-version")) { 
        $distribution = "Slackware"; 
        $version = file_get_contents("/etc/slackware-version"); 
    } elseif(file_exists("/etc/redhat-release")) { 
        $distribution = "RedHat"; 
        $version = file_get_contents("/etc/redhat-release"); 
    } elseif(file_exists("/etc/SuSE-release")) { 
        $distribution = "SuSE"; 
        $version = file_get_contents("/etc/SuSE-release"); 
    } 
} 
 
echo "Operating System : $os\n"; 
if(isset($distribution)) { 
    echo "Distribution: $distribution\n"; 
} 
if(isset($version)) { 
    echo "Version: $version\n"; 
}

apt · 04-09-2005, 03:56 AM

Thanks for the reply, I will try it and let u know the result.

apt · 04-09-2005, 05:57 AM

hi
this worked fine
I used
this
$os = PHP_OS;
instead of
$os = `uname -o`;
And it worked in both the windows and linux.