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Get Windows username of current user using php?

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How to read Windows loged in username with PHP/IIS

I'm work on php tool that generate Data Access layer and generate some folders and files to user but i need to know how can i get username for current windows user to generate these folders on desktop

ex:
C:\\users\\<username>\\desktop

I need to know the username.

Solution

  • If by current windows user you mean the user running the script then that is set in an environment variable which you can get using:

    <?php echo getenv("username"); ?>

    If you want to get the home directory of the user running the script you should use

    <?php echo getenv("HOMEDRIVE") . getenv("HOMEPATH"); ?>

    This should output either C:\Users\Fred or C:\Documents and Settings\Fred depending on if you are using windows Vista/7 or windows XP.

    To see all of the environment variables you can do:

    <?php global $_ENV; var_dump($_ENV); ?>