Does PHP have a function to detect the OS it's running on?

Question

I wouldn\'t know under what keyword to look for this in the PHP database, so I\'m asking here.

Reason I want to know is because of how different Operating Systems handle

Answer 1

PHP has included the constant PHP_EOL for solving the problem you face, available since php 4.3.10 and PHP 5.0.2 - it contains a suitable end-of-line sequence for the server that PHP is running on.

If you want to use a different end-of-line sequence suitable for a particular client, then you'll have to code that yourself. One way to determine the client OS is to use get_browser, assuming your server has an up-to-date browscap.ini