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get_current_user

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

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

Description

get_current_user ( ) : string

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();
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Current script owner: SYSTEM

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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https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.get-current-user.php