Getting the OS information

Display OS information: php_uname()

Display information about the operating system.

Did you know?

uname (it means Unix Name) is a historical Unix command to display the name, version and other details about the current machine and the operating system running on it.

With php_uname() you can retrieve operating system information in a PHP script. The function has a parameter mode, that allows you to define which information you want returned:

• s : operating system name;
• n : the host name;
• r : the release name;
• v : the version info;
• m : the machine name;
• a : all information above.

You can use:

$operating_system = php_uname("s");

Or you can walk through all options available:

$options =  [
  "s" => "Operating System",
  "n" => "Hostname",
  "r" => "Release name",
  "v" => "Version info",
  "m" => "Machine Name",
  "a" => "Full infos"
];

foreach ($options as $key => $title) {
  echo $title . ": ". php_uname($key) . PHP_EOL;
}