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posix_getlogin

Name

posix_getlogin — Get the current user name (POSIX.1, 4.2.4).

Synopsis

string posix_getlogin(void)

Returns

The login name of the current user, or FALSE on error.

Description

This function attempts to determine the username (login) of the user logged in to the controlling terminal. If the attempt fails--for instance, if PHP is running as a web module and there is no real login--FALSE will be returned.

Version

PHP 3.0.13+, PHP 4.0b4+

Example

Example 1071. Getting the current login

if (!$login = posix_getlogin()) {
    echo "Could not get login.\n";
} else {
    echo "Current login: $login\n";
}

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