get_current_user()

get_current_user() — Gets the name of the owner of the current PHP script.

Built-in function of PHP 8.5. The manual lists it as available in PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8. This page is the reference card: signature, parameters and return value, plus the changelog and the example the manual provides.

Signature

get_current_user(): string

Parameters

This function takes no parameters.

Return value

Returns the username as a string.

Example

A runnable snippet:

echo 'Current script owner: ' . get_current_user();

Output:

Current script owner: SYSTEM

See also

getmyuid(), getmygid(), getmypid(), getmyinode(), getlastmod()

All PHP 8.5 built-in functions

Reference card built from the PHP manual page get_current_user() (PHP documentation, CC BY 3.0). The page is generated from the manual, so the wording of the parameter and return value text follows php.net.