gethostname

Function • Return type changed in PHP 8.0

Gets the host name.

PHP 5

PHP 7

Improved

PHP 8.1

PHP 8.2-8.3

PHP 8.4

PHP 8.5

PHP 8.6

`gethostname` Function synopsis

gethostname(): string|false

Parameters

gethostname does not take any parameters.

Return value

Typestring|false

Returns a string with the hostname on success, otherwise false is returned.

Changes to the `gethostname` Function

PHP 8.0

Return type added: string|false

- gethostname()
+ gethostname(): string|false

`gethostname` Function Availability

PHP Version	Availability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release	Yes
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest)	Yes
PHP 8.4Supported	Yes
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only	Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only	Yes
PHP 8.1Unsupported	Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported	Yes
PHP 7.0Unsupported	Yes
PHP 5.6Unsupported	Yes
PHP 5.5Unsupported	Yes
PHP 5.4Unsupported	Yes
PHP 5.3Unsupported	Yes