Possible Values For: PHP_OS

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Possible Values For: PHP_OS

Is there a place to find a list of the possible values for the PHP predefined constant PHP_OS ? I'd like to use this value for a system requirements check, but need to know how different operating systems are named in this variable.

Through some searching, so far I've compiled the following list:

CYGWIN_NT-5.1
Darwin
FreeBSD
HP-UX
IRIX64
Linux
NetBSD
OpenBSD
SunOS
Unix
WIN32
WINNT
Windows

If anyone has a more complete list, or knows of any additional values I'd love to hear them!

+1 A:

PHP passes through the uname. See Wikipedia for possible values:

CYGWIN_NT-5.1
IRIX64
SunOS
HP-UX
OpenBSD (not in Wikipedia)

phihag 2009-04-10 21:14:33

+2 A:

I think a better solution to do a 'requirement check' would be to actually use things that you need to know work properly and see what happens.

For example, there are constants for directory separators, functions like realpath(), etc to deal with directories on different operating systems.

What, specifically, are you trying to do?

Nick Presta 2009-04-10 21:15:30

That certainly makes sense, but I'm trying to run a check on operating systems my script has been tested on. In that case, I only really need a subset of the possible values, but a full list could prove useful.

Wilco 2009-04-10 21:17:54

It is your choice. I just want to point out that in the future, other values could crop up (WIN64 perhaps), so you will need to check for those periodically.

Nick Presta 2009-04-10 21:41:19

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