Also -

see:

        http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.php-uname.php

- it's a PHP4 function.

Alternatively, you could check the $SERVER_SOFTWARE (or 
$HTTP_SERVER_VARS['SERVER_SOFTWARE'], depending on your config) 
variable; you'd have to parse the OS out of the returned string, 
though.

        - steve



At 4:59 PM +0200 8/16/01, Alexander Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Paul S. wrote:
>>  I design a website on a PC, and upload it to UNIX. Of course, there
>>  are always one or two variables that I have to keep track of as to
>>  whetherteh server is UNIX or PC. There MUST be a simple way to test
>
>Just do a phpinfo(). There should be an environment-variable you should
>be able to use. The safest way to retrieve them ist getenv().
>
>getenv('SAPI') perhaps?
>
>>  if (the OS is Windows) {
>>   $siteurl = "http:// www.website.com/ ";
>>   $mysqlpasswordfilelocation = " ... outsideroot.txt ";
>>  }else{
>>   $siteurl = "http://127.0.0.1/";;
>>   $mysqlpasswordfilelocation = " ...outsideroot.txt  ";
>>  }
>
>You could also use a config-file. This way, you could run your scripts
>on more than two sites.
>
>regards
>Wagner
>
>PS: My PC is running UNIX.
>
>--
>Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change.
>

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