get_current_user

get_current_user

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

get_current_user — Gets the name of the owner of the current PHP script

Description

string get_current_user ( void )

Returns the name of the owner of the current PHP script.

Return Values

Returns the username as a string.

Examples

Example #1 get_current_user() example

<?php
echo 'Current script owner: ' . get_current_user(
?>

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The above example will output something similar to:

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Current script owner: SYSTEM

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See Also

• getmyuid() - Gets PHP script owner's UID

• getmygid() - Get PHP script owner's GID

• getmypid() - Gets PHP's process ID

• getmyinode() - Gets the inode of the current script

• getlastmod() - Gets time of last page modification

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