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#`sudo hostname servername`
Some *nix systems will then force to set the 'servername' as new hostname!
(PHP >= 5.3.0)
gethostname — Gets the host name
gethostname() gets the standard host name for the local machine.
Returns a string with the hostname on success, otherwise FALSE
is
returned.
Example #1 A simple gethostname() example
<?php
echo gethostname(); // may output e.g,: sandie
// Or, an option that also works before PHP 5.3
echo php_uname('n'); // may output e.g,: sandie
?>
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#`sudo hostname servername`
Some *nix systems will then force to set the 'servername' as new hostname!
On Linux, use the command `hostname` to view your host name, or `sudo hostname servername` to set it