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s dot bond1 at lse dot ac dot uk ¶

18 years ago

The information returned by get_current_user() seems to depend on the platform.



Using PHP 5.1.1 running as CGI with IIS 5.0 on Windows NT, get_current_user() returns the owner of the process running the script, *not* the owner of the script itself.



It's easy to test - create a file containing:



<?php

    echo get_current_user();

?>



Then access it through the browser. I get: IUSR_MACHINE, the Internet Guest Account on Windows, which is certainly not the owner of the script.

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